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CIHM/ICMH 

Microfiche 

Series. 


CIHM/ICMH 
Collection  de 
microfiches. 


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Technical  and  Bibliographic  Notes/Notes  tachniquas  at  bibliographiquas 


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mais,  lorsque  cela  dtait  possible,  ces  pages  n'ont 
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qu'il  lui  a  6ti  possible  de  se  procurer.  Les  df^tails 
de  cet  exemplaire  qui  sont  peut-dtre  uniques  du 
point  de  vue  bibliographique,  qui  peuvent  modifier 
une  image  reproduite,  ou  qui  peuvent  exiger  une 
modification  dans  la  m«thode  normale  de  filmage 
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slips,  tis.iues,  etc  ,  have  been  refilmed  to 
ensure  the  best  possible  image/ 
Les  pages  totalement  ou  parrieilament 
obscurcies  par  un  feuillet  d'errata,  une  pelure, 
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obtenir  la  meilleure  image  possible. 


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Th«  copy  filmed  hare  has  bean  reproduced  thanks 
to  the  generosity  of: 

Legislature  du  Quebec 
Quebec 

The  Images  appearing  hero  are  the  bast  quality 
possible  considering  the  condition  and  legibility 
of  the  original  copy  and  in  keeping  with  the 
filming  contract  specifications. 


Original  copiea  In  printed  paper  covers  are  filmed 
beginning  with  the  front  cover  and  ending  on 
the  last  page  with  a  pri  ited  or  illustratad  Impraa- 
sion.  or  the  back  cover  when  appropriate.  All 
otf:er  original  copies  are  filmed  beginning  on  the 
first  page  with  a  printed  or  illustratad  impres- 
sion, and  ending  on  the  last  page  with  a  printed 
or  illustrated  impression. 


The  last  recorded  frame  on  each  microfiche 
shall  contain  the  symbol  —^(meaning  "CON- 
TINUED"*, or  the  symbol  V  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  applies. 

Maps,  platea.  charts,  etc..  may  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  ratios.  Thosa  too  large  to  ba 
antirely  included  in  one  expoaura  are  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  corn.:r.  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  aa  many  frames  as 
required.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  tha 
method: 


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L'examplaira  fiimA  fut  reproduit  grica  i  la 
gin^rosit*  de: 

L^iilature  du  Quebec 
Quebec 

Les  images  soivantes  ont  it*  reproduites  avec  Is 
plus  grand  soin.  compta  tenu  de  la  condition  et 
da  la  nettat«  de  I'exemplaire  film*,  et  an 
conformity  avec  lea  conditions  du  contrat  de 
flimaga. 

Laa  axampiairaa  originaux  dont  la  couverture  an 
papier  est  Imprimte  sont  filmte  en  commenpant 
par  Id  premier  plat  at  en  terminant  soit  par  la 
derniAre  page  qui  comporta  une  empreinte 
d'impreasion  ou  d'iilustration.  soit  par  le  second 
plat,  salon  le  cas.  Tous  les  autres  axempiaires 
originaux  sont  filmte  an  commandant  par  la 
premiere  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impreaaion  ou  d'iilustration  at  en  terminant  par 
la  darniire  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
amprainta. 

Un  dea  symboles  suivants  apparattra  sur  la 
damiira  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  seion  le 
caa:  la  symbols  — »-signifie  "A  SUIVRE ',  le 
symbola  V  signifie  "FIN". 

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filmte  d  dea  taux  da  reduction  diffirents. 
Lorsqua  la  document  est  trop  grand  pour  dtre 
reproduit  en  un  saui  cliche,  il  est  fiim4  i  partir 
do  I'angia  supAriaur  gauche,  de  gauche  h  droite, 
at  do  haut  en  baa.  en  prenant  le  nombre 
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ST.  LAWRENCE. 


BY    THE      "WANDERE 


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S/XT//  EDITION -ENLARGED. 


18  90. 


Coi  VRiGHTKn,  liiQu,  »iv  G.  ROCKWELL, 


THE  GILES  COMPANV, 

WTHOGRAPMERS.   ENGRAVERS  AND  PRINTERS, 

•0  AND  3J  WEST   ISTH  6T^    N.  Y. 


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HANDHRINGS  AMONG  A 


RY    THK   "WANUBKKK." 


I  HE  St.  Iviiwn-nco  in  a  very  monarch 
of  rivers.      Tlio   rainfalls  of  half 
a   (;ontim'nt.    Kntherod    into    the 
largest  reservoirs  of   fresh  water 
upon  the  earth's  surface,  constitute 
its  sources  of  sui)|)ly.     The  cour  <• 
of  its  stream  for  more  tlian  seven 
hundred  miles,  from  Lake  Onta- 
rio to  the  Gulf,    where  its  vast 
volume   mingles  with   the  ocean 
Ues  between  shores,  and  over  soils  and  nx-ks  wluwe  (;hara(;ter  r-hanges  with 
almost  every  geological  formation  known.     Scattered  along  its  whole  length 
are  numerous  islands   whose  varied  aspects  and  formations,  as   well  as  the 
constantly  changing  appearance  of  its  banks,  present  every  variety  of    nat- 
ural scenery  to  the  voyager  upon  the  waters. 

That  portion  of  the  river  which  extends  from  Lake  Ontario  down  the 
course  of  its  stream  for  about  fifty  miles,  and  n-hich  is  irregularly  tilled  up 
with  islands,  of  which  the  entire  number  is  probably  near  two  thousand,* 
varying  in  size  from  a  few  feet  in  diameter  to  many  miles  in  extent  wm 
originally  termed  by  the  old  French  and  Canadian  voyagers,  "The  I^'ke  of 
a  Tliousand  Islands." 

It  has  a  breadth  from   Kingston,  in  Canada,  to  Cape   Vincent,  .m   the 
American  shore,  the  direct  line  being  across  Long  or  Wolfe  Island,  which 
18  about  where  the  waters,  in  common  parlance,  begin  to  te  designated  as 
"the  River,"  of  about  ten  miles,  from  which  it  gradually,  though  irregularly 
diminishes  to  less  than  one  mile,  where  a  ferry  now  ccnnects  the  tenuini  of 

eighte™"hnmh."ed""M;!'Hluet^^^^^^  are  co„,nionljr  «ai,l  to  be  about 

visited  tlie  Islaiuirabo  t  1»»  ana  JmaLS^nl  S?^^' 'l""*^^"  *'^°  E"*?"'^''  writers  who 
commissioners  for  ruuning  the  boundar^  between  Canada  anT^he  rflif'^?''^T^'^  "^  *"« 
counthiK  every  projecting  rock  ha'rin?  bi  t  aqi..Vi«  ?^„L  ?  Ix  United  States  was  1692. 
writes,  aat  "  tV^'number  fccording  to  tf,e  latest  surl-eys  was  iV'^'i^'f^'t  f^^.^'^V^'^f' 
the  limit  of  what  are  known  as  the  Thnnaiimi  tZi,..;.?2^  ■„  '  ,  '  _in«fact  is  that  not  only 
haps  diflfereutly  by  different  indi7wualsT,t  thp  «i?f,o^i^  very  ininerfectly  defined,  and  per- 
the  varying  height  of  31-  in  different' ye^  '^^'  ^  constantly  varying  fl-om 


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Which  ha,  come  to  be  de»™»t7  '"%'"'"■>*"■»  more -otaly  di,p„^a, 
Lawrence."  a,.d  which„l    LTb     ".  '^'""^"'    *»'"  °'  "■"  *. 

nowh^  ,or  i..  .in^W  L  :iX  :r  ;"  If  r "  '■'  '^''  »"" 
with  partial  eulliv„M„„  „p„„  ilj  m  „H  ^  T  ""  '°"''"''  '"'«™'"eled 
tortuoo.  channel,.  landjried  J!  °  'r  T"'  ""'  '""•"  "'"•>"•»■"' 
an.ons  it,  „.era.  c,J„^I^  '"/,'•  "f    ""^'-^    -I  sheltered   noote 

-an..  „t  Which  them.  ™;  X^Zr^rTT^t  ""*""  ■"  *"»■■  »-'''■ 
the  most  transparent  crystal  ^^17^  '*"''  ""  °''«"  ^"^  P""  " 

-'  e™^  chanjn.  a.  iz  :z:z:::::T:^  --- 


OLD   '    ISLAND   WANDEnPR  " 

^act  o/lllrrn/re'caCt  Z^Tl  "'"'  "'"'  '"  *"■  "-  '" 

e„n.p.rati.e„    tew    l,ave   been   ahl,      n  r^r^e  Zr^'^r'  ^'^^ 
expeiise  required   to  trawrqp  ..11   ,-f  ,.■  ,  e^P'ore.      Tlie  time  and 

faciiitie,  ..ithin  reacll rii;:    '    Tl^^r""""'  ""^  ""  — 

mnlatndea  who  dedre  to  ^.e  ,|,e*      i!"  -"^^ation  of  .he 

.he  eiTorts  of  Captain  E.  ^  ^,  ^Z^'  'T  """•  """  '"»"*  ^^ 
ha,  conauntly  endeavored  to    S    d  ,h  T'"  "*"'  -"'■"*'-'■'■.  who 

to  e«end  the  excursion,  of  his  steam  yachts. 


village  of  Morristown 
more  particularly  the 
uore  -closely  disposed, 
d    Islands  of  the  St. 
Bbrated  by  poets  and 
1  forest,  intermingled 
he  many  narrow  and 
and  sheltered   nooke 
Btches  of  open  water, 
all  clear  and  pure  as 
ment,  whose  beauties 
e  beholder. 


to  visit,  and  iu 
lasty  passage  of 
id  channels,  yet 

Tlie  time  and 
md  the  meagre 
ntly,  effectually 
ervation  of  the 
and  largely  by 
he  vicinity,  who 

steam  yachts, 


inal.     "Island     Wan- 
derer," built  in  1881, 
"vvith  the  express  pur- 
pose   of    affording 
facilities   for    visiting 
the  scenery  among 
the  Islands,  having 
become   too  small   to 
accommodate  the  in- 
creasing number  who 
wished   to   make  the 
excursion  she  had 
afforded,     has      been 
transferred  to  a  route 
between     Ogdensburg 
and  Alexandria  Bay, 
and  so  gives  a  daily 
opportunity  to  see  all 
the  islands  in  that  part 


AN  ISLAND   VISTA. 


Of  the  river,  many  of  which,  notably  in  the  vicinitv  of  fha  r      a- 
of  Brockville,  are  very  beautiful      tL  /  Canadian  city 

with  the  new  boat  and  1  er  f        ■.         "''"°°«'^^'^*  ^'^^^  ^7  a  connection 
variou.  porntrwrh   ot,    '^  "^''"^«>-'  ^^ich  in  turn  comxects  at 

.tavirraiittrzr^nir:^^^^ 


51?^  -fiexjj  Island  ij/apderer 


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ws  tolt  under  the  auspices  of  a  oompany  organized  at  Alexandria  B»v 
.  carr,  forward  .nore  perfect,,  the  enterprise  w.,ich  Capt  Vi  "er  or^' 
.ted  and  snpennteaded  for  »  nran,  years.  She  was  aV  construotrwm  .1^: 
2«..  ,.urp„»  Of  g,.,„«  the  ,.,.  facilities  for  reaching,  and  host  con  J  enc 

Zd";;    :'7"'"'^"'  ""■■  -"'"•  ^'™»  •■'  '-.-l^  .nd  waters  wh    h  a 
pre»nted  to  her  pas,en,3:ers  m  every  part  of  the  route  she  traverses     He, 
u.erea«.d  s,ze  and  s,».ed  haye  n,ad.  it  possible  to  extend  the    "ZZl  t!  a 
wuler  range,  and  it  win  prohahly  pro™  even  n,„re  ,„p„|„r  tlm,  "70  1^ 
years,  during  which  so  man,  thousands  enjoyed  it      Whil   T.  . 

not  1-ended  to  ,„  through  eyery  chanif  and'to  ^ t  I^TT.:; 
.sland,  or  even  to  e.nhrace  the  whole  extent  of  all  these  several  tnagniflcS 


f:    li  i 


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clustera,  the  trip  does  Drp=pnt  in  it^       *■ 

and  in  a  General  view   th.  "  ™°"'""  "'  "*'""'  AftJ-  ">■"«■ 

No^.  <n  ,act: .  it ::  „trr  r, :  ririL:  rt^  r^- 

ment,  at  a  large  expend,  of  private  jacht,  "^      "^      "  '"""''^■ 

and™;: :« tr:r'L:r"  "* '°  ™*'' "" — »>— ". 

»«a„er  e.evation  aZl t^  ^ r^rnTtrrn'""''  f  "°"'*'* 
rama,,  the  view,  of    whleh  are   „i,f,i„  H  T  '■*°"  f"""- 

■•  Wanderer,,  and  ver.  often  2  t     t  enp^rda? "   "T  °'  '"^ 
.on„d  t«ve^d  h.  her  in  a  .in.ie'^.i,    -^  Zr  SI:  aTZr.: 


"NEW  ISLAND  WANDERER  " 

r::irviri:rhrL:r;r'rjrT^' -"--^ 

more  particularlv  toe™lo™,he„  J  '  """>  '"""<"■  >»«»  «n<i 

occasional,,  tai^in. a  i^Tr ^riuTpi  :"?""'r"  -"^ -ts. 
fishing  p.„„nd,,  of  wWch  w.  cateh  tt  17^77  °""  "■"  "•'"■■'°<"™ 
Bicnt  g,in.p«s  fro.  the  dj  oTL  .tCde^f ""'  "■™*"  "« '- 

is,anr,!:n'':-.XTa™  tt"*  "°,r ""''  *'*-  *'" "°"  -*»w 

n.an.  .o  "Pca^e.,,;  :;r ^ll'^^C'ri" '  "^""^  "-^  '""^ 


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nearly  fifty  miles, 
the  most  interest- 
in   any  other  way. 
Pt  by  the  employ- 

tiarrower  channels, 
tail,  yet  from  their 
■e  extended  pano- 
rher  decks  of  the 
1  in  exploring  the 
mre  and  means  at 


after  obtaining 
lUer  boats  and 
ecluded  nooks, 
16  well-known 
igh  more  tran- 

3w  celebrated 
IS';  once  (and 
•ment  of  this 
1  desirable  to 
tie  account  of 
to  prominent 


rings  to  view,  has  been  prepared, 
3  route  and  the  adjacent  portions 
'te  purp(,se  of  giving  such  infor- 
d  of  preserving  their  features  in 


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places  and  objects  of  interest  which 
which,  in  connection  with  the  map  < 
of  tho  river,  will  both  serve  the    in 
mation  as   is  often  desired,    and  afte, 

iea.  „„,nt.  The  iU.e.JTjlrZ:ZT  'T  "'  ""•"°"™°- 
one  the  e„.™  „,„„„,  and  ,e.ermZ<ZZZT  "  '"  "'^  '™^ 
"t  my  of  the  landin™  between  ,,h.  tl'  '  "  ""'  °  '■"■  ''»■"» 

-ton  0,  the  to,,  .u,  T2^\y;  """  "'"™  '■«  JO--J  on  the 
.^P  proper,  howeve.  eo^ZI^.t  ZC'TirT  '°-  "'^ 
-na.  to  he  a  .ort  of  cent.,  hea,h,  Jte^  3  It  ™t':  ''  *"" 
ments  of  summer  life  «,„«„„  fi     t  ,      ,  *"®  various  move 

Hundreds  who  hivrrrhif  l;t:^oft:f ' ''  r-  *"-  -* 

think,  however,  erroneouslv)  th.t  tl  T  ^  ^''  P'"'^'''   '"PP°^«  (^'^ 

in  fact,  they  ha;e  never  v^itev       '  h'T  '""  *''  '"'""'^'''"'^  ^^^^^^  -^en, 
Charming  o'f  all  thr^rerror  ^t^^^^ 
the  entire  route  in  regular    ord^r   w  '  wH    m'kVu  I'  '"'V'  '^""^"^ 
and  begin  our  account  ^vith    the    departt^l  Tw       \7  '"'''"^  ^"^*' 
front  of   Cornwall   Brothers'   stone   stor        I   dV     .  ""  '" '^"^'^  ^" 

lengthened  description  of  the  villa^^e  and  it.  7  T^"'^  *"  ^^"   ^^^ 

'o-  ^n  the  hote.  ...  ^.,  a.1  I^  ^ i:*";  -- ^  ^ 

m  the  hands  of  those 
who   either   have    or 
had  or  will  have  an 
opportunitytosee 
those  for  themselves, 
the  labor  of  descrip- 
tion   may     well     be 
spared.      Of    the  vil- 
lage  itself,  it  may  be 
of    some    interest    to 
the   curious   in   local 
antiquarian  history  to 
note  that  its  site  was 
selected   so   far   back 
as  1804  by  a  surveyor 
for  James  Le  Ray  De 
Chaumont.    This  gen- 
tleman was  the  son  of 
a  distinguished  French 


AMONG  THB  ISLiNDS 


noblemnn   w'—    Ipff    fu-  ,.  a  distinguished  French 

cen.»;;„a:ttiedirth<r:i;.'^.Lr"'' "'''"-  •"  "■" '-' 

^-  Of  the  .ht.a,  t.nh,e;:ien  ^r;  idthLT  fi T^: 


j 

1 

■, 

■     i 

i 

■ 

8 

later  eventuated  in  the  bloody  scenes  of  the  French  revolution,  we 
cannot  certainly  say,  but  it  is  a  well-known  historical  fact  that  then  and 
soon  .ifterward  there  was  a  very  considerable  French  immigration  to  this 
and  other  points  contiguous  to  the  St.  Lawrence.  De  Chaumont  became  a 
proprietor  of  extensive  tracts  of  land  in  Jefferson  County,  and  it  was  under 
his  auspices  thai  this  town  and  others  were  first  permanently  settled.  He 
gave  his  name  and  the  names  of  various  members  of  his  family  to  many 
towns  and  villages,  among  them  that  of  his  son  Alexander  to  Alexandria. 
He  was  long  known  as  a  very    popular  and   pubUc  spirited  citizen,   who 


■Mv^^fatoitt! 


idix 


dJiiu 


THOUSAND  ISLAND  HOUSE. 

not  only  encom-aged  se'  ement  and  improvement  upon  his  own  lands  but 
Identified  himself  with  all  the  interests  of  the  country  of  his  temporary 
adoption,  but  finally  returned  to  his  estate  in  France  about  1810 

Alexandria  Bay  was  chosen  as  the  most  feasible  l<x=ality  along  this 
part  of  the  river  for  a  port  of  entry  for  a  considerable  section  of  the  adjacent 
country  being,  in  fact,  tlie  only  good  harbor  easily  accessible  between  Clay 
ton  and  Morristown,  a  distance  of  about  tliirtv-fonr  miles  Tn  the  -ery 
early  settlement  it  had  a  considerable  trade  in  timber  and  staves,  of  which 
vast  quantities  were  collected  every  season    in  the  sheltered  waters  near 


1 


ich  revolution,  we 
fact  that  then  and 
immigration  to  this 
/hauniont  became  a 
Y,  and  it  was  under 
lently  settled.  He 
his  family  to  many 
ider  to  Alexandria, 
irited  citizen,   who 


;'.  j!|aiHi«4li,l:iii'|...! 'i*      r'  ,   *W7l 

^■'■■■■- ■  ,■  J I 


is  own  lands,  but 
of  his  temporary 
x)ut  1810. 
cality  along  this 
on  of  the  adjacent 
ble  between  Clay- 
les.  Tn  the  very 
staves,  of  which 
3red  waters  near 


9 

the  village.  I  have  though*  .f  thi.s  as  the  probable  origin  of  the  familiar 
cognomen  by  which  the  little  settlement  has  been  so  long  known.  The 
place  where  the  principal  product  of  their  industry  was  carried  to  be  sold 
or  bartered  was  really  a  "bay,"  probably  the  lower  of  two,  which  together 

embrace  the  peninsular  point 
and  neck  upon    which  the 
village  was  first  built,  and 
which  the  venerable  Chaun- 
cey    Wescott,     Esq.,*   now 
the    oldest    inhabitant,    in- 
forms  me   was    the    usual 
place  where  the  timber  for 
rafts  was  chiefly  collected. 
So   short   and    easy  a  title 
naturally  transferred    itself 
to    the    whole    settlement, 
and  so  the  village  acquired 
the  sobriquet  which  it  seems 
destined  now  to  retain.    The  collections  of  timber 
in  various  forms    were  annually  floated  by    the 
merchants,  who   purchased    them  in  large  rafts, 
to  the  Montreal  market.     Later,  and  in  fact  up  to  about 
1860,  in  the   flourishing  days  of  lake  navigation,  before  the 
steamboats   were   superseded   by  the  railroads   on  either   side  of 
'  Lake  Ontario,    it   was  a  place    for   large    shipments    of   produce 

from  the  interior. 

Many  thousands  of  bushels  of  grain  and  packages  of  dairy  produce 
found  their  way  to  distant  markets  over  its  wharves.  The  cutting  and 
gathering  of  wood  for  the  supply  of  the  steamboats  which  navigated  the 
lake  and  river,  was  also  a  very  important  industry,  the  activity  of  which 
for  a  long  period  gave  winter  employment  to  a  considerable  part  of  the 
population,  and  enabled  many  of  the  neighboring  farmers  to  pay  for  their 
land. 

Alexandria  Bay  was  incorporated  as  a  village  in  1878,  with  about  six 
hundred  inhabitants.  It  has  now  a  permanent  population  probably  of  con- 
siderably over  one  thousand,  most  of  whom  are  dependent  upon  the  money 
left  by  summer  residents  and  visitors  for  support, 

But  perhaps  we  are  dwelling  too  long  upon  these  local  memories  of 
the  past,  and  you  will  be  impatient  for  the  enjoyment  of  the  present  in 
frhe  commencement  of  our  promiped  excursion.  We  will  choose  tlie  after- 
noon trip  as  the  one  more  gen  m  H-  patronized  from  this  point,  and  on 
fine  afternoons,  as  are  most  of  tiio.e  in  summer  on  the  St.  Lawrence,  it 
will^be  a  real  luxury  to  got  away  from  the  hotels  and  breathe  freely  the 
•Died  iu  msO. 


10 

pure  ozonio  air  tl.at  at    this  hour    in  usually    fanning  the  surface  of  the 

water  to  a  gentle  ripple. 

Going   on  boar.l  a  few  minutes  before  the  hour   of  starting    we  may 

have  a  brief  opportimity  to  gaze  upon  tlie  panorama  of  life  and  beauty 
which  spreads  aroun.l  us.  It  may  be  supposed  that  you  have  not  failed 
to  notice  the  magnificent  hotels  which  are  just  at  hand,  the  two  larger 
the  "Thousand  Island  House"  and  the  "Crossmon,"  both  within  a  few  rods 
on  either  side  immediately  fronting,  .nd  the  well,  kept  grounds  extending 
to  the  river,  and  the  "St.  Lawrence."  somewhat  smaller,  but  still  able  to 
accommodate  about  100  guests,  just  opposite  us  and  a  block  further  back 
The"Marsden."  a  smaller  house,  connected  with  a  restaurant  and  a  store 


BONNIE  CASTLE. 

for  the  sale  of   confectionery,  vegetables,    etc.,    is  able  to  give  lodging  to 
abou    oO,   who  are  generally  transient  guests,  and  one    or  two  oth!r  !tni 
smaller     with  several   boarding-house.s,  help  to  entertain  the  crowds  th  t 
during  the  season,    often  test    the  ability  of  the    village  to  entertain  the 
guests  to  the  very  utmost. 

While  waiting  for  the  boat  to  start  let  us  take  a  preliminary  view  of 
what  IS  going  on  about  us.  The  dock  itself  presents  a  busy  scene.  Lusty 
porters  sweating  under  the  enormous  loads  of  baggage  going  oif  in  the 
a  t  rn         ,    ,,  ,  r^.,.^^^,^  ^^  ^^^^^  ^.^^^^^^  ^^^^^  Clayton!  and  parties 

of  ladies  and  gentlemen  hurrying  to  the  same  destination.  ,Skiffs  are 
gady  flitting  in  various  directions  over  the  river  in  front,  some  filled  with 
parties  of  pleasure  rowing  about  for  their  own  amusement ;    some   intent 


I 


the  surface  of  the 

starting  we  may 
of  life  and  beauty 
on  have  not  failed 
id,  the  two  larger, 

within  a  few  rods 
grounds  extending 
*r,  but  still  able  to 
lock  further  back, 
aurant  and  a  store 


give  lodging  to 

two  other  still 

he  crowds  that, 

o  entertain  the 

iminary  view  of 
Y  scene.  Lusty 
oing  off  in  the 
ton,  and  parties 
on.  Skiffs  are 
ome  filled  with 
; ;   some  intent 


SCENE  ON  NOBBY   ISLAND. 


on  preparations  for 
fi.shing ;  some  pei- 
hups  bringing  pas- 
sengers from  the 
islamls  in  the  vicin- 
ity, for  departure  by 
the  boats,  or  perhaps 
to  join  the  "  Wan- 
derer "  in  her  favor- 
ite  excursion. 


The  more  distant  surroun.lings  may  well  also  take  a  moment  of  our 
attention.  Look  right  over  the  stern  of  our  boat  across  the  bay  below 
Crossmon's.     On  the  rocky  point  beyond  is 

BONNIE   CASTLE, 

the  beautiful  and  unique  summer  residence  of  the  late  Dr.  J.  G.  Holland, 
whose  name  you  will  at  once  recognize  as  the  accomplished  and  talented 
former  editor  of  Scribner's  (now  the  Centuru)  Magazine,  and  one  of  the  most 
celebrated  of  our  American  hterary  men.  The  doctor  regarded  this  part  of 
of  the  St.  Lawrence,  if  not  the  most  delightful,  yet  "the  sweetest  spot 
on  earth,"  and  no  doubt  the  high  excellence  of  his  literary  work  was  largely 
due  to  the  inspiration  of  the  summer  breezes,  which  for  three  or  four 
months  in  the  year  it  was  his  custom  to  enjoy.*  In  front  of  Bonnie 
Castle  we  have  an  extended  and  magnificent  view  down  the  channel  of 
the  river,  which  is  studded  wth  islands  that  seem  to  float  like  emeralds  on 
a  sea  of  glass.  On  a  few  of  them  are  small  cottages,  but  they  are  too  distant 
to  be  readily  distinguished. 

The  Sunken  Rock  Light-house  about  half  a  mile  distant,  beyond  which  lies 
an  island  of  some  forty  acres  in  its  primitive  forest  condition,  called 
"Deer  Island,"  and  the  Canadian  Light-house  about  four  miles  distant  on 
the  head  of  a  large  island  known  here  as  "  Grenadier,"  you  will  not  fail  to 
see.  A  httle  to  the  left  of  these,  across  the  channel  of  the  river,  about  a 
mile  distant,  but  still  in  good  view,  is  what  is  known  as 

whether  he  ^Id  not  wearv  of  the  sT^r^ifp'^",*^  ?  T?"-  '"  ""^^K  t"  "*  "-"estiou  of  the  writer 

churcli,  at  which  h\^^M(fh?sfanmvpr,ni^^^  en  argemeut  and  adornment  of  the 

only    of  his  larM  heart«l    fberal  tv    h?,?   ff   il,  **^«°'Jed   were  some  of    the  results  not 
loved  and  mourned  in  ILSriaV^   as  few^nP.n"'hS''i  ?"«°t'o°  ^^^  effort.     He  was 


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12 

MANHATTAN  ISI.AND, 

on  which  are  the  tasteful  B,un,ner  residences  of  ex-Judge  James  C.  Spencer 
formerly  president  of  the  Board  of  Water  Commissioner  of  New  York  city' 
and  J.  L.  Hasbrouck.  It  is  the  largest  and  central  island  of  quite  a  little 
group  which  is  known  as  "  Manhattan  group."  some  of  which  are  connected 
by  rustic  bridges,  and  together  are  a  little  paradise.  This  ic  the  first  island 
on  which  any  one  atteu.pted  a  summer  home. 

Seth  Green,  since  widely  known  as  the  fish   commissioner  of  the  State 
of   New  York,    built  a   plain  cottage  there  (alx)ut    1855)  where  his  family 
summered,  and  he  went  a  fishing  for  several  seasons,  away  back  before  the 
war   and  it  is  a  very  probable  supposition  that  he  acquired  a  i)art.  at  least 
of  the  skill  in  fish-ology  which  aftorward  became  so  celebrated  and  useful 
When  the  war  broke  out  Mr.  Green  entered  the  army,  and  never  afterward 
occupied  the  cottage,  and  it  became  very  much  dilapidated,  and  so  remained 
til    about  1871.  when  it  was  purchased  by  Judge  Spencer  and  Mr.   Edward 
Schell,  u-lio   named   it   Manhattan    and    at   once   made  extensive    repairs 
,..     Two  or  three  years  afterward  Mr.  Schell  sold  his  interest  to  Mr.  Hasbrouck" 
and  about    1877-8    Judge   Sj^encer   built   the   very   beautiful    house   wliich 
.  fronts  the  channel.    Glancing  still  around  to    the  left  we  get  a  glimpse  of 
a  smaU  house  on  elevated  ground,  which  is  on 

a  beautiful  island  of  about  fifteen  acres,  the  proi^erty  of  W.  G    Deshler 

•     ?!'  ""r,^^^""  °'  '^°''™*'"''  ""■'  "'^'^  "'  "'^  ^'^'-'^  discoverers  of  the  beaut^ 

of  the  Thousand  Islands,  who  for  many  years  has  generally  made  Alexandria 

^Bay  his  summer  quarters.     The  little  cottage  is  for  the  accommodation  of 

the  man  wl^p  takes  care  of   the  island,  Mr.    Deshler   preferring  to  remain 

with  his  family  at  Crossmon's.     Still  further  to  the  left,  and  above  Deshler's,  is 

HART'S    ISI<AND, 
on  the  highest  point  of  which  the  tower  and  roof  of  a  large  aad  handsome 
cottage  show  themselves  among  the  oaks  which  crown  the  summit.    It  was 
erected  by  the  Hon.  E.  F. 
Hart,    of    Albion,    N.   Y., 
about    1873,   but  has  been 
frequently  occupied  by  par- 
ties from  Ogdensburg. 
Hart's  Island    is    reputed 
as    the    place    where    the 
Irish   poet.    Moore,    wrote 
the    celebrated    Canadian 
Boat    Song,  early   in   the 
present  century.     Tlie  tra- 
dition has  this  foundation, 
that  the  published  works  of 

Moore  mentioned  it  as  hav-  „or.sK  on  ko„„v  ,...^..  ,,  isri 

ing  been  .vrittcu  on  the  St.  La.vrence,  as  also  one  other  of  his  poems,  and 


ID, 

Fudge  James  C.  Spencer, 
ionera  of  New  York  city, 

island  of  quite  a  little 
3  of  which  are  connected 

This  k  the  first  island 

•mmissioner  of  the  State 
1855)  where  his  family 
8,  away  back  before  the 
cquired  a  imrt,  at  least, 
)  celebrated  and  useful, 
ly,  and  never  afterward 
•idated,  and  so  remained 
encer  and  Mr.   Edward 
lade  extensive    repairs. 
Brest  to  Mr.  Hasbrouck, 
beautiful    house    wliich 
't  we  get  a  glimpse  of 


rty  of  W.  G.  Deshler, 
icoverers  of  the  beauty 
Brally  made  Alexandria 
the  accommodation  of 
preferring  to  remain 
and  above  Deshler's,  is 

a  large  and  handsome 
a  the  summit.    It  was 


18 

Bince  this  estabUshes  the  fact  that  he  visited  the  Islands  somewhere,  the 
song  is  just  an  likely  to  have  been  composed  here  as  anywhere  else,  which 
is  probably  about  all  there  is  of  it. 

Away  past  the  head  of  Hart's  Island  and  quite  across  a  larger  intervening 
stretch  of  water  on  the  other  side  of  it,  we  get  a  view  of  several  cottages  in  the 
forest  on 

WISSTMINSTCR  PARK, 

which  occupies  five  hundred  acres  of  the  lower  point  of  Wells  Island. 
Bethuno  Cliapel,  whose  spire  formerly  crowned  the  high  wooded  knoil 
beyond,  was  unfortunately  prostrated  in  a  winter  gale  a  few  years  since, 
and  has  not  been  rebuilt.  But  divine  worship  is  still  observed  on  the  park 
in  the  usage  of  the  Presbyterian  church  during  the    visiting  season.    As 


•.■ISL- 


AND IX  1R71. 

J"  of  his  poems,  and 


opportunity  will  be  j^lven  tc-  call  at  the  park  on  our  return  homeward, 
a  nearer  and  more  satisfactory  view  of  the  improvements  at  this  very 
attractive  summer  resort,  which  are  more  on  the  other  side,  may  be  had 
by  any  one  desiring  to  visit  them.  The  next  in  order  of  the  circuit  of  the 
panorama  before  us,  is  a  fine  summer  house  erected  in  1881  for  Mrs.  LeConte, 
of  Philadelphia,  now  owned  by  G.  T.  Rafferty,  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa.    It  is  on 

ISI^H  IMPCRIAI^, 
which  was  formerly  not  much  more  th.it  a  little  cluster  of  rocks  with  a  few 
trees  on  one  of  them,  but  having  been  enlarged  by  filling  between  and  around 


•,  V 


,0m 


"''111;  ^f  '  ir^i 


I.I.VLITHO0W  ISLAND. 


>r.;* 


mm^m^ 


mm 


";!!i(!!i 


mivuiunii, 


^,M^:    ^^.:i^ 


1^  :'    1  'il 


IS 

t)mu,   IH  BO  finely  lc„.„t,.,l   in  fn.nt  of  the  hotels  and  l.ut  a  f«w  hundn-d 
yards  .liHUnt,   as  in  l.uv..  I,.....,,....  „„..  at  th.  moHt  attr  ictive  of  ronidenceH 
N.xt  „.  cnl.r  is  a  ,,r..Uy  ,..tta«..  o„  a.u,M...r  H.nall  iHiun.l  f„r,n,.rly  ..all-d 
"Ma..d,"  „<,t  much  moro  than  th.,  hIz,,  of  r.  city  lot,   hut  nauu.l   hy  Ho„ 
Rohort  LivinRHton,  of    New   York   city,   tho   preaent  pro- 
l.rict..r,    "  TJnlithKow  Islan.l."      Mim  Hu!I,K-k,   of    Adams,     ^^,     ,,  '\j 
owns  the  cottaK."   in'rchc,!    „„    (i,„    elilF    ahnost    directly    '''^^.f.  ''W^r 
lieyond.   which  is  on  a  hifri,  bimf  of  Wt-Us  Islan  ^ 

named  Point  Lfwkout, 
as  it  looks  out  on  the 
iUi>Ht    niagniflcent    pros- 


WAITING  FOB  HIS  PARTY. 

poet  in  every  direction.  Professor  Hopkins,  of  Hamilton  College,  o^.^,s  and 
<.ccup,es  a  small  cottage  on  a  jutting  point  of  the  same  island  immediately 
above  which  he  calls  "  Felseneck  "  Still^a  little  farther  west  are  to  be 
seen,  between  the  smaller  islands,  some  of  the  buildings  of  a  large  dairy 
rm  of  five  hundred  acres,  at  which  our  cottage  summer  residents  find  it 
convenient  to  be  supplied  with  milk  during  their  stay.  Nearly  between  the 
dairy  huUdmgs  and  our  position, 

FI^ORENCE  ISI.AND, 

a  very  i^retty  wooded  island  of  about  an  acre,  was  originally  purchased  by  a 
large  party  of  gentlemen  from  Pittsburgh  and  Western  Pemisylvania,  who  on  a 


m 


I*  nil 


16 

vWt  to  tlu.  iHlan.I  in  1871.  becomiriK  t-nthuHiuHtlc  over  tho  iittnuti.mH  ..f  the 
n.'iKl.lK.rh<KMl,  wl..rte.l  it  iih  a  Kite  for  a  fluh-iioum.,  iind  luun...!  it  "  Titiwvillo." 
Tlit.y,  however,  H<K)ri  i)t.oarn..  Ht-attortxl,  liavi»K  <I()ri«  nothinK  further.  After 
conm.leral)!..  trouiiic*  in  wekinR  „ut  tlm  owners  aii.l  H,^•^JrinK  a  title,  it  fell  into 
theiuuuiHof  H.  8.  Chandler,  E«<i.,  nn(ieiHt(NHi  to  Iw  connected  with  the  New 
Yorlc  Independent,  and  a  Hn.ull  t.wty  cottaRe  waH  erected  ahont  IHTT,  whi<h 
hm  iH^.n  occuiiied  more  or  I.-hh  aliuoHt  every  neaHon  Minco  hy  liimsolf  or  frienda. 

8T.    BL9IO    lALAND, 

(KOUMEKI.Y   RVK  ISLAND) 

Immediately  aiH)ve,  was  cleared  „f  its  timber  Home  years  since,  and  some 
cultivation  attempted  upon  it,  hut  the  etFort  to  make  it  pnMluctive  has  l„ng 
Bince  been  ahiuuloned,  and  having  partially  grown  up  with  young  trees,  it 
became  a  favorite  camping  groimd  for  partieH  of  young  people  who  desired 
to  remaui  in  tlie  vicinity  of  the  vUlage  and  hotels.    Messrs.  Walton,  who  were 


ST.   KhitO   ISLAND. 

the  original  proprietors,  seemed  disinclined  to  dispose  of  it,  but  finally  sold 
it  in  188.-)  to  Mr.  Nathaniel  W.  Hunt,  of  Brf)oklyn,  who  in  1885-6,  erected  the 
imposing  cottage  which  crowns  its  summit,  and  which,  dth  the  other 
improvements,  mark  it  m  one  of  the  iiiost  conspicuous  of  the  n.any  palatial 
residences  in  the  vicinity. 


:l 


(POHMERLY    FRIENDLY    ISLAND) 

lying  iuHrediutely  above,  was  purchased  by  some  gentlemen  of  New  York  city 
about  IST  \  -.  l5i..  set  the  example,  wliicli  has  been  since  so  much  followed,  of 
fasteni.ny  'u.-  :iiv  ,  upon  the  island  by  painting  it  conspicuously  on  the  steep 
abattis  ot  r.xk  fronting  the  channel.    They  had  the  underbrush  thinned  out 


r  thi>  (ittmctionH  of  the 
iiiiiu'dit  "TituHville." 
;)thinK  further.  After 
iriiiK  a  titli>,  it  f«ll  inUi 
uu'ctcd  with  the  New 
tt'd  ahout  INTT,  which 
hy  himsolf  or  frionclH. 


pars  Hincc,  ami  wmio 
;  l>r(Mluitive  has  long 
with  young  trccH,  it 
\S  people  who  desired 
rs.  Walton,  who  were 


'  it,  but  finally  sold 

1885-6,  erected  the 

!b,    wit)  I    the  other 

f  the  inaiiy  palatial 


a  of  New  York  city 

much  followed,  of 

3uouHly  on  the  steep 

rbrush  thinned  out 


^^^ 


DEWEY   ISLE. 


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and  the  trees  trimmed,  a8  was  then  given  out,  preparatory  to  further  improve- 
ment, which,  however,  was  not  a(;comj.lislie.l  for  many  years.  Finally 
liowever,  the  island  came  into  the  ixjssession  of  Mr.  E.  W.  Dewey,  of  New  York' 
who  in  1880  engaged  the  building  of  what  proved  probably  the  most  elaborate 
and  expensive  house  then  eomplete.l  on  the  river,  with  all  the  modern  con- 
veniences fomd  anywhere  in  the  best  residences  in  the  country.  This  was 
finished,  as  we  see  it  among  the  trees,  early  the  following  summer.  Remem- 
bering, as  wo  do,  the  original  ruggedness  of  the  surroundings,  we  can  liardly 
realize  by  what  magic-  haiul  it  has  been  transformed  to  one  of  the  most  elegant 
and  attractive  summer  homes,  hardly,  if  at  all,  surpassed  in  bc-auty  and  luxurv 
anywhere. 

In  the  interval  between  St.  Elmo  and  Deux-y  Islands,  peeps  out  of  the 
foliage  where  it  is  snugly  nestled  among  embowering  ti-ees,  an  unpretend- 
ing cottage  that  you  would  hardly  observe  except  by  close  inspection  It 
IS  on  Welcome  Island,  a  visit  to  wliich  would  charm  any  one  who  loves  to 


I^t'LLMA.Ws  AND  NOBBY  ISLANDS,    18!K). 

look  out  of  some  quiet  nook  upon  the  hurry  of  the  busy  world,  and  be  himself 
undisturbe.l  bv  it.     It  is  the  nivM.orf^  n„  i  <•  mmseit 

M  r    P  ;  n    ,      ,  P»«P"ty  and  former  summer  residence  of  Hon. 

S  G.  Pop.  of  Ogdensburg,  whose  taste  and  resources  as  a  builder  are  amplv 
shown  lu  the  finest  stni..tures,  both  of  simple  cottages  and  more  elaZ  e 
-.U^ces,  .  uch  grace  U.e  islands  of  the  vicinity.  Above  Welcome^ 
Dewey  Islands,  and  in  full  view,   i.s  • 

PUI,I.]IIA3V    ISLAIVD, 

which,  although  it  was,  until  188S  I. V  ,1  . .,,  ^     ,. 

„.„  ^-  ..  "y""'»^'^™i-''P'''tentious  nits  architectural 

entertumment  of  Gen    (ii-mf  «-;h,       i  ""^iauiv,   \Miose 

I  or  uen.  Ui.uit  xMth  a  large  party  of  frauds  in  the  summer  of 


/I 


tory  to  further  iirprove- 
many  years.  Finally, 
V.  Dewey,  of  New  York, 
mbly  the  most  elaborate 
th  all  the  modem  con- 
the  country.  This  was 
Ing  summer.  Remem- 
undings,  we  can  hardly 
one  of  the  most  elegant 
h1  in  beauty  and  luxury 

imds,  peeps  out  of  the 
ig  ti-ees,  an  unprctend- 
y  close  inspection.  It 
1  any  one  who  loves  to 


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tvorld,  and  be  himself 
ler  residence  of  Hon. 
s  a  builder  are  amply 
and  more  elaborate 
Lbove  Welcome  and 


IS  in  its  architectural 
1  object  of  quite  as 
perty  of  Ceorge  M. 
r  Company,  whose 
Is  in  the  summer  of 


1873  has  so  imiH-essed  itself  among  the  notable  events  of  the  Islands  as  not 
soon  to  be  forgotten. 

5I?(?  l/isit  of  t\)^  pre5ide9t  o/  tl??  09it(?d  States, 

a  notable  event  at  any  time,   was  especially  so  as  it  occurred  the  summer 
precedmg  the  presidential  election  which  gave  Gen.  Grant  his  second  term 
of  oftice.  and  was,  of  course,  a  matter  of  interest  throughout  the  country 
The  political  caldron   was  boiling  with  all  the  activity  incident  to  the  near 
election,  and  multitudes   of  patriotic   citizens,  to   say   nothing   of    aspiring 
politicians  all  over  the  comitry,  suddenly  discovered  how  exceedingly  pleasant 
convenient  and  conducive  to  health  it  might  be  to  visit  the  St.  Lawrence  and 
go-a-hshing;  for  what  V  may  be  easOy  conjectured.     But  this  visit,  whether  or 
not  It  had  anything  to  do  with  the  next  presi<lency,  evidently  had  a  great 
deal  to  do  m  directing  public  attention  to  the  Islands  as  a  delightful   and 
accessible  summer  resoxt,  and  it  probably  lost  none  of  its  natural  effect  uix>n 
the  public  mind  from  the  circumstance  that  a  large  party  of  members  of  the 
newspaper  press,  on  an  excursion  from  Watertown.  where  they  were  in 

attendance  on  an  edi- 
torial convention,  had 
been  very  handsomely 
entertained  at  an  out- 
door  collation  on  the 
same  island  early  the 
same  season. 

There  had  for  some 
years    been  a  plentiful 
lack  of  accommodation 
for  any  very  large  num- 
ber who  might  desire  to 
Koend  some  time  at  the 
Islands.    This  year  the 
lack,  greater  than  ever, 
was  demonstrated  in  a 
very  practical  way.    As 
the    immediate     result, 
plans  for  new  and  lar- 
ger liotels,  long  lief  ore 
talked  of,  found  active 
promoters  with  the  nec- 
essary amount  of  capi- 
tal.     The   next  season 
these    two    inunenso 
caravansarie.s  were 
rea<ly  for    the  reception  of  guests,   and  since   that   time   Alexandria    B,v 
I'as  been  famous.    Changes  and  improvements  have  since  been  continually 


CASTI.E   REST. 


J 


WELCOME  ISLAND  FROM  NOBBY     8LAND. 


20 

going  on,  all  looking  particularly  to  the  accommotlation  of   the   increasing 
thousands  who  have  here  annually  sought  health  and  recreation. 
,       Pullman's  Island  itself,  whose  principal  erections  at  the  time  of  Gen. 
Grant's  visit    were  a  rough  whitewashed  cottage  near  the  shore,  which  had 
been    built    about     1865, 
and    a    large   barn-like 
structure     on    the     high 
ground,  built   and    fitted 
up  for  the  occasion  as  a 
lodging-house,  wili,  a  gal- 
lery   and  bed  places 
something  like  the  berths 
of  a  sleeping  car  ranged 
around  it,  now  glories  in 
the    most     unique     and 
remarkable  structure  any- 
where to  be  seen  among 
the  Islands.      The  build- 
ing   consists  of    a    large 
and    lofty   tower    con- 
structed    of    the     rough 
stone  quarried  upon  the 
island  or  in  the  immediate  vicinity,  with  a  considerable  house  behind  and 
around  it.    The  whole  ia  fitted  v/ith  all  the  modern  appliances  for  conven- 
ience, comfort  and  luxury.    A  powerful  steam  pump  furnishes  the  amplest 
water  supply  for  all  purposes.     An  electric  plant  supplies  light,  suflficient  not 
only  to  illuminate  every  part  of  the  entire  island  itself,  but  by  a  grand  dis- 
play from  the  top  of  the  tower  to  lighten  the  whole  vicinity.    Tlie  place 
is  called  by  Mr.  Pullman  "  Castle  Rest." 

While  it  was  in  coui-se  of  construction,  the  following  remarkable 
paragraph  was  printed  in  the  New  York  Tribune,  which  we  here  present  as 
a  most  amusing  display  of  gullibility  on  the  part  of  the  ,  omnipresent  and 
enterprising  newspaper  reporter  : 

XO   PRF.SISRve:  MF^nC^KTOS  OK   GRAP^T. 

.»,.  /^^f,'''°^'  N.  y.,  May  18,  1888.-Iu  the  construction  of  his  summer  home  on  his 
Mand  m  Uie  St.   Lawrence  River,  near  Alexa.idria  Bay,  George  >L  Pullman,  of  Chicago 
.n  Which  t     r^  *'r  P-ervation  of  the  room,  in  the  rough  structure  of  the  ear^y  dars,' 
m  which  Gen.  Grant  slept  wh.le  he  was  Mr.  Pullman's  guest.    The  cottage  is  to  be  bu^l 
around  the  room    but  the  dead  soldier's    old   quarters    will   remain   unchanged  in  eve  y 
particular,  including  the  furniture.    The  new  cottage  is  to  cost  S100,OCO. 

We  understand  that  the  above  absurd  statement  was  actually  made 
to  a  zealous '  •  interviewer  "  who  came  seeking  to  gather  information  about  the 
budding,  and  made  with  such  gravity  and  seriousness  that  he  never  once 
suspected  that  he  vv.as  being  ,«a.le  tlie  victim  uf  a  most  egregi.  us  hoax.  There 
was,  however,  this  foundation,  which  is  perhaps  al>out  as  good  as  that  of 
many  interesting  -items"  which   find  their  way  to  the  newspapers.      In 


B 


ion  of   the   increasing 
il  recreation. 
3  at  the  time  of  Gen. 
r  the  shore,  which  liad 


21 


NOBBY     8LAND. 

lie  house  behind  and 
ppliances  for  conven- 
'umishes  the  amplest 
!3  light,  sufficient  not 
',  but  by  a  grand  dis- 
vicinity.    Tlie  place 

allowing  remarkable 
1  we  here  present  as 
he  ,  omnipresent  and 

RAPUT. 

s  summer  home  on  his 
H.  Pullman,  of  Chicago, 
oture  of  the  early  days, 
he  cottage  is  to  be  built 
lin  unchanged  iu  every 
5100.0CO. 

was  actually  made 
formation  about  the 
that  he  never  once 
•egi>  us  hoax.  There 
t  as  good  as  that  of 
le  newspapers.      In 


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EDGEWOOD  PARK 


ak,ng  ,l..vn  the  old  budding,  Mr.  Pope,  who  had  the  charge  of  the  work, 
thmkmg  that  perhaps  Mr.  Pullman  tnight  have  some  sentiment  on  tlu-  sub- 
ject, .bd  lay  aside  and  preserve  the  old  boards  an.l  lumber  of  which 
Uon  (n-anfs  roo.n  wns  constrncto.l,  so  that  they  mi^ht  be  put  up  as  before 
d  Mr.  Tulbuan  should  .lesire  to  do  so.  We  have  not  learne.l  that  anvthin^ 
of  the  kmd  has  been  actually  done,  though  doubtless  many  persons  would 
be  mterested  to  visit  such  an  erection. 

But  by  this  time  the  boat  will  be    starting-we    nhall  soon   see  more 

ev.de..ces  of    improvements  n.ade    at   points    which  are   not   here    visible. 

The  hrst  to  dami  our  attention  after  passing  the  point  of  land  upon  which 

he  Village  is  locafed,  are  recent  improvements  upon  a  portio.i  of  the  main- 

lan.l  next  above,  and  separated  by  a  siuall  bay  formed  at  the  n.outh  of 


I 
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32 

Otter  Creek,  which  here  discliarges  the  suiplus  rainfall  of  a  considerable 
section  of  the  country  back  from   I'-e  river. 

The  improvements  in  sight  consist  of  a  large  club-house  or  hotel,  a 
long  dock  projecting  from  the  shore  near  it  and  two  v.i-  three  cottages, 
which  are  the  beginning  of  a  projected  and  somewhat  remarkable  enter- 
prise wliich  bids  fair  to  grow  into  considerable  proportions  in  the  near  future. 

EDGEliVOOO  PARK 

is  a  beautiful  tract  of  thirty  acres,  artistically    laid  out  with  three  miles 
of  finely  graded  driveway,  commanding  some  of  the  finest  views  upon  the 
river.     ' '  Edgewood  "  is  adjacent  to  and  just  above  Alexandria  Bay,  is  reached 
by  a  two  minutes'  row  and  also  connected  l)y  a  very  pleasant  four  minutes' 
drive  from  the  village.     It  is  a  private  family  resort,  and  the  club  num- 
bers among  its  members  some  of  the  most  prominent  and  best  families  in 
the  country,  drawn  from  different  cities  and  towns,   it  being   understood 
that  while  wealth  is  not  a  pre-requisite  to  memtership,  that  social  worth 
a..d  family  standing  are.    We  quote  from  a  recent  prospectus  :  "The  object 
of  the  club  is  to  provide  for   its  members  and  their  families  a  desirable 
summer  resort  which  shall  combine  all  the  comforts   and  conveniences  of 
home,  which  shall  be  in  its  nature  a  private  resort,  and  which,  above  all, 
shall  be  exempt  from  social  pests  and  public  annoyances;  one  of  the  cardinal 
conditions  of  membership  being  that  the  applicant  shall  be  a  lady  or  gen- 
tleman in  the  fullest  and    best  sense  of  that  term."     The    main"  features 
are    the  groves,  foot-paths  and  drives,   a  commodious  club-house  with  all 
modern  conveniences,  which  is  to  be  supplemented    by   family  cottages  for 
rooming.      Large  stables  are  also  provided,  and  driving  will  be  introduced 
as  an  added  feature  to  this  attractive  resort. 

During  the  season  of  1889  some  additional  cottages  were  erected,  and 
this  park  is  becoming  one  of  the  most  noted  and  attractive  places  of  the 
river. 

Turning  to  the  right  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  river  channel,  a  very 
beautiful  cottage,  or  rather  two  of  them,  on  a  little  cUff,  emerge  from  their 
hiding  behind  Friendly  Island.    They  are  on 

IVOBBV  ISI^AND, 

formeriy  the  joint  property  of  Henry  R.  Heath,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  and 
C.  S.  Goodwin,  of  N.  Y.,  who  built  a  small  cottage  here  in  1871,  and  who,  with 
their  many  friends,  for  several  seasons  jpade  the  island  merry  with  their 
annual  gatherings.  Mr.  Heath  having  since  (in  1884)  become  sole  owner, 
not  only  erected  an  additional  cottage,  with  dock,  boat-house,  etc.,  but  almost 
every  season  has  made  other  improvements  which  have  added  greatly  to  the 
natural  beauty  of  the  island,  which  has  for  many  years  been  widely  known 
and  celebrated.  During  the  last  year  he  has  replaced  the  original  structure 
of  1871  with  a  much  larger  and  more  elaborate  erection  of  stone  and  ww)d, 


nfall  of  a  considerable 

club-house  or  hotel,  a 
two  v.i'  tlirce  cottages, 
vhat  remarkable  enter- 
ions  in  the  near  future. 


out  with  three  miles 
i  finest  views  upon  the 
xandria  Bay,  is  reached 
pleasant  four  minutes' 
rt,  and  the  club  num- 
nt  and  best  families  in 
I,  it  being  understood 
ship,  that  social  worth 
•ospectus  :  "The  object 
r  families  a  desirable 
3  and  conveniences  of 
and  wliich,  above  all, 
es;  one  of  the  cardinal 
hall  be  a  lady  or  gen- 
The  main  features 
s  club-house  with  all 
)y  family  cottages  for 
ng  will  be  introduced 

ges  were  erected,  and 
tractive  places   of  the 

river  channel,  a  very 
iff,  emerge  from  their 


Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  and 
n  1871,  and  who,  with 
iid  merry  with  their 

become  sole  owner, 
ouse,  etc. ,  but  almost 

added  gi-eatly  to  the 
8  been  widely  known 
;he  original  structure 
I  of  stone  and  \Y(x>d, 


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28 
which,  although  somewhat  rustic  in  the  style  of  its  construction,  is  vK  of  the 
best  cla«s,  embracing  several  novel  and  interesting  features,  and  is  finished 
and  furnished  in    the    best    manner  with    all    tJie    modern    improvements 
throughout. 

It  may  be  interesting  here  to  recall  the  fact  that  the  old  cottage  built  in" 
m  1871  was  the  first  among  the  Islands  that  was  put  up  after  the  plans  of  an 
arclutect,  or  in  which  any  attempt  was  made  to  give  an  ornamental  character 
to  the  construction.  Every  previous  erection  had  been  but  a  rough  shanty 
only  designed  as  a  sort  of  temporary  camping  place.  This  new  departure 
at  once  became  the  wonder  and  the  talk  of  the  neighborhood,  and  at  the  time 


'U"jS. 


nUSTIC   BRIDGE -NOBBY  ISLAND. 

produced  as  much  of  a  sensation  and  attracted  as  many  curious  visitors  as 
have  any  of  the  more  elaborate  structures  of  later  years.  It  marked  the  com- 
mencement of  a  new  era  in  the  history  and  occupation  of  the  Islands,  in  which 
Mr.  Heath  may  very  fairly  bo  regarded  as  the  pioneer,  and  especiallv  so,  as  it 
IS  to  his  mfluence  and  example  that  Alexandria  Bay  is  indebted  for  a  number 
of  the  best  of  her  summer  residents  who  are  his  neighbors  both  here  and  in 
Brooklyn.  It  is  by  his  kind  courtesy  that  we  are  able  to  give  tlie  beautiful 
views,  not  only  of  tlu-old  cottag  an.l  the  new,  but  of  several  of  the  minor 
erections  on  various  parts  of  the  islan.l,  which  a.l.n-n  om- pages,  an.l  which 
taken  as  a  whole,  present  a  striking  illustration  of  the  ehanges  which  have 
occurred  during  tlie  last  twenty  years  in  the  entire  neighborhood. 

CHKRRV   ISI.A]NU, 

on  the  left,  had  a  small  rough  cottage  erected  upon  it  in  the  siunmer  of  18o9 
which  had  been  variously  .nul  irregularly  occupied,  mainly  a«  a  shelter  for 
families  and  camping  parties  who  wished  to  take  an  outing  and  "rough  if 
on  the  river  for  a  few  weeks.  This  sort  of  occaipation  brought  many  persons 
to  make  a  short  stay  at  the  Islands  who  did  not  wish  to  go  to  the  hotels,  and. 


ilii 


34 

as  the  event  proved,  liad  much  to  do  iu  opening  the  v/ay  for  the  erection  and 
summer  occupation  of  other  cottages  wliich  soon  afterward  became  a  marked 
feature  of  tiie  locality.  In  fact  the  iutroiluction  of  tlie  Pullman  family  was 
tlnougii  the  old  shanty  cottage  on  this  island.  Rev.  Henry  Pullman,  then 
the  pastor  of  a  church  in  Fulton,  N.  Y.,  spent  a  part  of  the  gummer  here 
about  1803  or  '64,  and  became  so  enamored  with  the  locality  that  he  at  once  se- 
lected tlie  island  smce  known  by  that  name,  and  the  next  season,  with  liis 
brothers,  built  the  cottage  whi^  h  stood  there  till  1888.  and  which  in  1873  was 
used  to  entertain  Gen.  Grant,  iuj  tefore  related. 

During  the  winter   of  1880-81  the  lower  and  larger  portion  of  Cherry 
Island  waa  sold  to  parties  from  Chicago,  socially  connected  with  the  Pullmans, 


INGLKSIDK. 

and  who  had  been  on  Pullman  Island  during  a  part  of  the  previous  summer. 
In  fact,  the  wife  of  A.  B.  Pullman,  E.^.).,  with  her  friend.  Mrs  (i,  B.  Marsh, 
were  joint  purchasers.  Early  the  following  summer  they  erected  the  large 
^  house  on  the  projecting  j.oint  immediately  fronting  the  cliann(>l,  whieh  was 
named  "  lilclrose  Lodge."  Later  (188(1)  Mrs.  Marsh  disposed  of  her  interest 
iu  Melrose  Lodge  u,  Mrs.  l^ullman,  and  the  land  was  divided.  Mrs.  Marsh 
erected  on  the  site  of  the  old  shanty  a  new  and  similar  cottage,  but  smaller 
than  Mrs.  Pullman's,  and  gave  it  the  name  of   "  Ingleside." 


v/ay  for  the  erection  and 
rward  became  a  marked 
tlie  Pullman  family  was 
i.  Heury  Pullman,  then 
art  of  the  gmnmer  here 
)cality  that  he  at  once  se- 
e  next  season,  with  his 
i,  and  which  in  1873  was 

irgcr  portion  of  Cherry 
cted  with  the  Pullmans, 


s^  /Wi' 


the  jirovioiis  summer, 
end.  Mrs  (;.  B.  Marsh, 
tlioy  erected  tlie  large 
le  channel,  which  was 
isi)os(Hl  of  her  interest 

divided.  Mrs.  Marsh 
ir  cottage,  but  smaller 
'side.'" 


FIRST  HOUSE  ON  CHERRy  ISLAND. 


9S 

The  smaller  cottage  at  the  head  of  the  island  was  built  (1881)  by  Rev. 
George  Rockwell,  the  former  owner  of  the  whole  island,  now  of  Tarrytown, 
N.  Y.,  but  best  known  in  this  region  as  for  more  than  twenty  years  the  pastor 
of  the  Reformed  Church,  the  first 
organized  in  Alexandria  Bay.  He 
<^lls  the  i)lace  "  Sunny  side." 

Between  this  and  IMelrose 
Lodge,  Mr.  James  T.  Easton,  of 
the  Board  of  Park  Commission- 
ers, Brooklyn,  has  erected  (1886) 
a  very  neat  cottage  known  as 
*'  Stuyve.sant  Lodge." 

Nearly  opposite  the  head  of 
Cherry  Island  we  j>as8  quita  near 
Pullman  Island,  whi'  li,  having 
been  in  plain  view  of  llie  dock  at 
Alexandria  Bay,  has  been  already 
referred  to.  Immediately  above, 
and  separateil  from  Pullman's  only  by  a  very  narrow  channel,  is  the  extremity 
of  a  bold  promontory,  marked  on  the  perpendicular  rock  "West  Point."  It  is 
a  point  or  })lot  of  some  three  or  four  acres  on  Wells  Island,  which  has  lately 
been  purchased  by  Mr.  W.  C.  Browning,  of  New  York  city,  with  a  view 
of  erecting  during  the  present  season  (1890)  a  first-class  cottage,  with  dtx'k, 
boat-house  and  all   necessary  conveniences  for  summer  life  on  the  river. 

Turning  again  to  the  other  side,  a  little  farther  from  the  channel,  and 
above  Cherry  Island,  you  mark  the  singular  rock  known  as  Oven  Island,  or, 
as  some  call  it, 

DEVIL'S  OVEN, 

which  rises  out  of  the  deep  water  in  the  general  form  of  an  old  fashioned  out- 
door Dutch  oven,  and  to  complete  the  resemblance,  has  a  large  opening  at  the 
water  level  under  one  side,  which  is  said  to  have  been  one  of  the  hiding  places  of 
the  celebrated  Bill  Johnson,  who  figured  largely  hereabout  in  the  border  troub- 
les of  183T  -38,  the  scene  of  whose  most  famous  exploit  we  will  pass  by  and  by. 

There  is  a  curi'ent  belief  that  the  wreck  of  a  schooner  of  some  size  with 
all  the  spars  and  sails  set  has  lain  submerged  on  the  channel  side  of  Oven 
Island  for  more  than  fifty  years.  It  was  known  that  about  that  time  a  large 
steamer  ])assing  in  the  vicinity  of  Warner's  Island  one  dark  night  ran  down 
a  vessel  which  sank  out  of  .sight  almost  in  a  moment.  Search  was  made  by 
parties  interested  to  a  considerable  extent,  but  they  could  not  even  reach  the 
bottom  at  the  supposed  i)lace  of  the  collision  nor  did  they  ever  find  a  trace 
of  the  v(>ssel.  The  fact  gave  ri.se  to  a  tradition  that  the  river  here  could  not 
be  fathomed.  Probably  the  swift  and  whirling  cin-»ents  carried  out  their 
sounding  lines,  and  made  it  difficult  to  ascertain  how  deep  the  water  really  was. 

It  happened  only  a  few  years  since  that  a  young  man  was  drowned  just  in 
front  of  the  Oven  by  the  upsetting  of  a  sail-boat,  and  persons  dragging  for  the 


•J(l 


body  at  the  Ixjttom  of  the  river,  which  is  liore  more  than  a  hundred  feet  deep, 
diBcovered  some  large  obBtructiou,  the  character  of  which  couhl  not  certainly 
be  ascertained,  but  which  many  of  them  firmly  believed  to  bo  the  ancient 


i^  |i|1.| 


DEVIl/S  OVEN. 

wreck.  Ah  the  locality  is  only  an  easy  row  from  Alexandria  Bay  and  the  hotels, 
and  is  really  interesting  in  itself,  it  is  much  visited  in  small  boats,  and  it  is 
no  wonder  that  it  has  set  the  brains  of  the  rhymesters  at  work.  We  jjreserve 
a  specimen,  in  which  may  be  found  a  spice  of  wit  if  not  j^oetry  : 

BV    I.    M.    C. 

His  Majesty,  the  lesends  say, 
Ht'tore  they  baked  bread  at'tlie  Bay, 
Set  up  an  oven  where  he  could  roast. 
Bake  bread  for  all,  and  brown  his  toast. 

It  failed,  if  lecends  do  not  lie. 
Because  the  charges  were  too  hi^h. 
But  knowing  ones   will  smile  and  say, 
Just  try  tile  prices  at  the  Bay. 

Then  eame  the  clash  of  patriot  steel, 
The  burning  of  the  "  Uobert  Peel." 
Hard-pressed,  Bill  .Johnson  fled  that  way, 
And,  fluding  fires   out,  liid  away. 

By  boatmen  all,  the  tale  is  told, 
How  dau^!hter  brave  feil  outlaw  bold  ; 
Manuiue  her  skitT  at  dead  of  iiiglj!, 
Till  storm  liad  passed  and  he  took  flight. 

Though  years  have  passed  it  stands  the  same 
As  when  it  held  its  robbers  game. 
And  curious  folk,  a  little  brave, 
May  row  skiff  length  into  *he  cave. 

To  strangers,  passing  by  ihat  way, 
'Tis  pointed  out,  day   after  day. 
On  every  craft  that  stems  the  str 
The  "  Devil's  Oven  "  is  the   the- 


:iu  a  hmidn'd  feet  deep, 
hich  could  not  certainly 
3ved  to  be  the  ancient 


<s*??^ 


Iria  Bay  and  the  licrtels, 
a  small  boats,  and  it  is 
it  work.  We  preserve 
:  jjoetry  : 


toast. 


27 

Within  half  a  mile  above  the  Oven  we  ims.s  on  the  left  Ave  cottages  on 
as  many  dittererit  islunds.    The  Hrst,  (juite  near  the  shore,  we  can  only  name  as 

CUBA, 

formerly  owned  by  W.  F.  Storey,  built  al)out  IHTIt,  but  which  has  since 
been  but  irregularly  occupied,  usually,  wv  believe,  by  parties  rentinj?  it 
for  the  season.     It  is  now  owned  by  Cornwall  Bros.,  of  Alexaudria  Bay. 

Wo  char;..^'  those  ncntlomeii  nothin<j;  for  the  suf^j^estiou  that  it  is  probably 
for  sale,  and  that  its  location  would  make  it  an  exceedingly  desirable  summer 
home  if  it  were  somewhat  improved.  It  is  on  the  right  side  of  the  channel 
to  be  always,  and  in  all  weathers,  easily  acce.ssible  from  the  village  and  main- 
land, a  consideration  of  no  suuiU  importance  when  trying  to  get  home  with 
a  small  boat  in  a  heavy  north-east  gale. 

WAU  ^WllVEX 

is  the  second,  said  to  be  so-called  from  the  name  of  an  Indian  village  on  Narra- 
gansett  Island.  The  cottage  was  built  in  1880,  and  the  island,  though  small, 
is  nearer  the  channel,  and 
has  not  only  Ijeen  hand- 
somely improved,  but  ocou- 
])iod  every  summer  by  the 
owner,  Mr.  <J.  E.  Hill,  of 
Chit^ago,  who,  with  a  very 
trim  anil  lively  little  steam 
yacht   of    the   same    name 


way, 


fliSht. 
the  same 


SUNNYSIDE. 


constantly  running  to  and  fro,  }ileuty  of  banners  by  day  and  varicolored 
lights  by  night,  makes  things  look  lively  and  enjoyable  throughout 
the  visiting  season. 


88 


NEMAHBIN 


29 


-:±,'Jm''m- 


WAR]SKR*H   ISLAND, 

the  third,  wuh  fonncrly  known  as  Survt>y<»r'H  IhUukI,  and  wnH  tho  caini)inff 
ground  of  tho  Anu-rican  c;oinmiMHioiu'rH  who  run  tht;  international  iionndary 
about  IH','0,  It  is  situated  nearly  in  the  renter  of  the  ihannel,  so  that  wh 
pass  (luite  near,  and  p't  a  Kood  view  of  the  iinproveinonts.  It  in  owned 
and  oecupied  as  a  sunnner  residetue  hy  11.  11.  VVarni-r,  Es(i.,  well-known  in 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  an<l  in  fact  all  over  the  country,  as  an  extensive  manu- 
facturer and  advertiser  of  "  Safe"  medicines.  In  IHHS  Mr.  Warner  replaced 
the  first  structure  of  wood,  htiilt  aixuit  1HT;J,  with  a  large  and  elegant  cottage 


WARNER  S  IBLAKD. 


in  the  Swiss  style  of  architecture,  and  added  some  novel  features,  among 
them  a  water-wheel  moved  by  the  cun-ent  at  the  head  of  the  island,  vvhicli 
works  a  pump  to  raise  water  for  the  house. 

Abovo  Warner's  a  large  and  c()nsi)icuous  residence  has  been  built  on  what 
was  formerly  Pratt's,  but  now  called  Comfort  Island.  It  is  owned  by  Mr. 
A.  E.  Clark,  of  Chicago,  and  was  occupied  for  the  first  time  in  188:3.  The 
view  from  the  tower  is  said  to  be  extensive  and  beaiitiful. 

On  Centennial,  forraerly  a  part  of  the  same  island,  b\it  now  artificiially 
separated,  Mr.  H.  Sisson,  formerly  a  merchant  of  Alexandria  Bay,  built  a 
little  cottage  in  1870.  But  in  188(5  it  was  sold  to  Mr.  J.  H.  Oliphant,  who 
removed  tluj  small  buiUling,  and  put  in  its  place  a  larger  cottage  in  the  style 
of  a  Long  Island  Dutch  mansion  of  two  centuries  ai^o,  with  corresponding 
improvements.  He  also  changed  the  name  to  -'Nemahbin,"  the  purport  of 
which  we  are  unable  to  comprehend. 

Still  above,  and  on  a  point  of  the  main-land  to  the  left,  a  large  and  hand- 
some cottage  will  attract  attention.  It  was  built  for  Mr.  F.  J.  Bostwick,  of 
Ne%vix)i-t,  R.  I.,  and  named  Bella  Vista.  It  was  first  occupied  by  him  in  1883. 
Mr.  Bostwick  having  died,  the  place  was  sold  in  1887  to  Mr.  William  Chisliolm,. 
of  Cleveland,  O. 


80 

All  al.mK  o,.r  riK».t.  fr„n.  l»Mll.n«..  I.hI„,uI  up,  u- havo  Ik.,,,,  pasHinK  near 
tlw  slmr..  „(■  Wrlls  Lhuul.  whirl,,  tiu.HKh  r-Kk  I,  .u„,|.  ,u„i  j,,  „,„„„  ,,|,„.,.,  „,„„,,. 
«  iiut  pn-(upit.,»H  to  Horn.,  lilty  ..r  sixty  tV.-t  in  Iwiulit,  is  (■.,v..r,..l  K-'iirraily  witl. 
quit.,  a  fonHl.lfml.ln  native  forrst  Krowth.  On  tl...  sid,.  u(  thf  hlutl  :,n<l  nearly 
..pposit,.  to  Wau  Win.-t,  Mr.  M.  A,  LauKl.li...  ..t  Pittsl.urKh.  Pa.,  has  l.uilt  an 
i'xn...(linKly  I'l-asant  cottaKcs  with  a  tliK^k  an.l  othor  iniprovt-rnontH,  whk-h  1... 
vi-ry  ai)propriat('ly  names  "  CraKHidf." 

Ininu.(liat..)yalM.v..  "t"raKsi.i.."a  hoathouso  and  othor  impr(m.m..ntH  on 
theBhorediroctouratteutiou  to  a  cottu«e  above  Uio  precipitous  rwk,  almost 


nr)SE   COTTAOE 

hidden  amonKthe  trees,  which  we  fin.l  designated  hy  a  sign  painted  on  the 
r.^k  as  Palisades.     It  is  owned  hy  A.  C.  Bockwith,  of  Utica,  N.  Y. 

The  whole  frontagers  understood  to  have  been  soid  a  few  vears  since  by 
Mr.  Sisson  to  parties  who  contemplated  improvements,  but  whose  work  has 
been  can-led  no  further  than  making  the  beginning  of  some  small  erections  for 
boat-houses  or  temporary  shelter,  and  a  little  cleaning  up  of  underbrush  and 
encouragmg  the  proper  growths.  The  range  is  terminated  by  a  miniature 
"  Anthony's  Nose  -  of  bare  rock  marked  ' '  Lo.usiana  Point,"'  piu-chased  several 
years  since  by  the  Hon.  Judge  Labatte.  of  Nc«w  Orleans,  while  on  a  visit  here, 
with  the  puri)ose  of  a  summer  home,  which  was  built  in  1881. 

A  little  above,  an.l  apparently  adjoining  Wells  Island,  was  originally  a  low 
islan.l  of  a  few  acres,  intersected  with  marsh,  but  having  been  improved  by 


«iS*' 


n^  havo  \wen  paHHinj;  iipm 
ami  in  mmw  \>Uwoh  sorno- 
is  cnvcrcil  K<'iiiTally  willi 
If'f  the  hlutl  anil  nearly 
HlMirKh.  Pa.,  lias  laiilt  an 
iniprovcuiontH,  whirh  In 

othfr  iniprovcirifiitH  on 
procipitouH  rock,  almost 


m^ 


■  a  s\pj\  painted  on  the 

Utica,  N.  Y. 
1  a  few  years  Kince  I)y 
ts,  but  whose  work  has 
iome  small  erections  for 
up  of  underbrush,  and 
linuted  by  a  miniature 
nt,"'  purchased  several 

wliil(>  on  a  visit  here, 
I  1H81. 

id,  was  originally  a  low 
inp  been  imjiroved  by 


81 

diKKinK  out  the  marsh,  has  Imtii  H«'purut«'<l  into  a  cluHter  of  Hmall  isietfl  and 
called 

hi<:vi':n  imi.icn. 

TheBO  are  all  covered  with  a  younfj  growth  which  bids  fair  to  Iwcoine  the 
loveliest  of  groves,  shading  all  the  naiTow  channols.     A  fimall  cottage,  half 
hi<l  among  them,  is  owneil,  as  in  fact  is  tlie  wliole  cluHter,  by  Hon.  D.  Winslow, 
of  Watertown,  formerly 
a  memlM-r  of  the  Htato  -/ .  ,- 

•Senate  from  th  is  d  istrict. 

In  Densinctro  Day,  .* 
above,  and  some  dis- 
tance  to  the  right, 
Mclntyre,  the  photo- 
itrnph  man.  who  takes 
picturesof  all  the  islands 
and  ])arties  who  desire 
tliem,  had  for  some  time 
a  liUle  home  cottage  and 
picture  factory,  which 
lie  properly  e  ti  o  ii  g  b 
denominat^'d  '•  Photo." 

We  learn  that  tiiis 
island,  together  with  a 
few  acres  of  "  Wells," 
which  it  nearly  joins, 
has  bctm  recently  pur- 
chased by  Mr.  H.  H.  Heath,  the  genial  and  enterprising  owner  of  "Nobby," 
who  has  done,  ]>eiliaps,  more  than  any  other  summer  resident  to  encourage 
and  stimulate  improvement,  and  with  his  characteristic  ..aste  and  energy  he 
has  already  commenced  oi)oration8  in  preparing  and  beautifying  it  for  sunuuer 
occui)ation  by  some  of  his  many  friends,     ft  is  to  be  known  as  "  Normanland," 

A  short  distance  above,  on  a  small  island  connected  to  the  shore  of  •'  Wells" 
by  a  bridge,  is  the  summer  cottage  of  J.  C.  Covert,  editor  of  the  Cleveland 
Leader.     It  is  known  as  '•  Sluidy  Covert." 

There  are  also  farm-houses  and  farms  now  on  both  sides,  those  on  the  right 
hand  l)eing  on  Wells  Island,  tiie  left,  the  main  shon-  but  it  is  hardly  necessary 
ti  (1(J  more  than  call  your  attention  to  the  i>atience  and  economy  neces.sary  to 
dig  a  living  among  those  rocks.  Evidently  these  shores  are  not  calculated  to 
compete  in  corn  and  wheat  cultivation  with  the  prairies  of  the  West.  Never- 
theless these  farmers  do  contrive  to  live  very  comfortably,  princip;illy  off  the 
products  of  the  dairy,  as  what  land  there  is,  not  entirely  unfertile,  is  best 
adapted  for  grazing.  A  small  cottage  on  a  pant  of  the  main-land,  called 
Alleghany  point,  is  owned  by  Mr.  J.  S.  Laney,  of  Cleveland.  O. 

An :)thor  just  above  is  the  property  and  summer  residence  of  J.  M.  Curtis, 
of  Cleveland,  O.,  which  he  calls  "  (lypsey  Island,"  although  periiaps  it  might 


A    PAHSINd    (il.lMl'Hli. 


33 


be  disputed  whether  or  not  it  is  a  real  island,  as  at  low  water  a  very  narrow 
isthmus  connects  it  with  the  main.  Above  and  partly  outside  is  an  undoubted 
island,  owned  by  Hon.  W.  G.  Rose,  of  Cleveland,  O.,  where  he  has  built  one  of 
the  most  tasteful  of  summer  cottages,  and  given  the  name  of 

liVILD    ROSE. 
The  island  is  connected  to  Gypsey  by  a  very  graceful  arched  bridge  which 
is  an  ornament  to  tlie  river  as  well  as  a  convenience  to  both.     Both  these 
gentlemen  are  understood  to  be  actively  engaged  in  the  promotion  of  the  enter- 
prise at  Edgewood  Park. 

POINT   VIVIAIXJ. 

About  a  mile  above  "Warner's  Island  on  the  main  is  a  little  cluster  of  fifteen 

or  twenty  cottages  which  will  attract  attention.     They  have  been  built  mostly 

by  residents  of  the  interior  of  Jefferson  County  for  the  convenience  of  spending 

a  few  weeks  of  tlie  warm  season  on  the  river.     They  purchased  this  wooded 

point  of  some  ten  acres,  and  have  built  each  to  please  himself,  and  so  form  a 

little  neighborhood  where  each  has  an  independent  home,  but  yet  in  the  society 

of  friends 

ISI.B  ROVAL, 

nearly  opposite,  a  small  island  with  many  trees,  is  the  summer  residence 
of  Mr.  Royal  Deane,  of  New  York. 

A   cottage   on  a  liigli  point  of   Wells  Island,    immediately  above   Isle 
Royal,  is  owned  by  Col.  Shields,  of  Philadelphia,  and  called  "Hill  Crest." 

For  the  next  two  or  three  miles,  although  the  channel  is  contracted 
in  some  places  to  less  than  half  a  mile  in  breadth,  and  in  fact  has  the 

local  name  of 
"The  Narrows," 
yet  its  deep  and 
rapid  flow  indi- 
cates most  forcibly 
•'^  the  immensity  of 
this  magnificent 
river,  especially 
as  we  remember 
that  this  is  in  fact 
only  about  half 
oT  less  than  lialf 
the  mighty  tide 
which  it  is  con- 
stantly sen<iing  to 

the  sea.  All  along  the  Narrows  there  are  irregidar  branching  bays  on 
both  sides,  some  of  which  are  hidden  behind  peninsular  points  wliich  would 
only  need  short  canals  through  their  isthmus  connection  with  the  main  to 
change  them  to  islands.  Tlie  most  beautiful  of  these,  about  a  mile  above 
Point  Vivian,  was  long  known  as  "Page  Point."  and  later  as  "  Grinnell 
Park,"  from  the  names  of  former   owners.     It  is  now  called 


)w  water  a  very  naiTow 
outside  is  an  undoubted 
i'here  he  has  built  one  of 
ime  of 

t'ul  arched  bridge  which 
ice  to  both.  Botli  these 
i  promotion  of  tlie  enter- 


1  a  httle  chister  of  fifteen 
■  have  been  built  mostly 
convenience  of  spending 
r  purchased  this  wooded 
i  himself,  and  so  form  a 
ne,  but  yet  in  the  society 


1  the  summer  residence 

immediately  above   Isle 
d  called  "Hill  Crest." 
3  channel  is  contracted 
h,  and  in  fact  has  the 
local     name    of 
"The     Narrows," 
yet  its  deep   and 
rapid    flow    indi- 
cates most  forcibly 
the  immensity  of 
this  magnificent 
river,   especially 
as  we   remember 
h  that  this  is  in  fact 

only    about    half 
or  less  than  half 
the    mighty    tide 
which   it  is   con- 
stantly sending  to 
liar  branching  bays   on 
liar  points  which  would 
3ction  with  the  main  to 
sse,  about  a  mile  above 
and   later  as  "  Grinnell 
>w  called 


CENXRAL    PARK. 

This  embraces  some  fifty  acres,  still  largely  covered  with  the  original  forest. 
This  was  several  years  since  opened  and  cleared  of  its  undergrowth,  and 
being  perhaps  the  finest  grove  in  this  part  of  the  river,  became  a  favorite 
resort  both  for  picnic  dmners  of  fishermen  and  for  pleasure  parties  from  the 
surrounding  country.  It  is  now  owned  and  controlled  by  the  "  Central  Park 
Association,"  under  whose  direction  it  is  being  still  further  improved  and 
opened  to  the  pubUc.  A  good  hotel  and  a  number  of  pleasant  cottages 
have  been  erected,  and  changes  and  enlargement  are  constantly  going  on. 
Additions  were  made  to  the  hotel,  as  required,  for  several  successive 
years,  until  finally,  by  a  large  erection,  in  1888,  it  became  one  of  the  four 


COVTAGE  HOTEL  -  CENTRAL  PARE. 

or  five  largest  in  this  part  of  the  river.  Situated  as  it  is  on  so  narrow  a 
part  of  the  main  American  chaimel,  and  surrounded  with  sheltered  bays 
and  high  rocky  points,  it  bids  fair  to  become  one  of  the  pleasant  resorts 
of  the  St.  Lawrence. 

A  very  pleasant  cottage  on  a  small  island  near  this  park  is  called  "Bay 
View,"  and  is  said  to  be  owned  by  Mr.  C.  Lyman,  residing  at  West- 
moreland, N.  Y. 

Le&s  than  a  mile  above  tliis  is  a  very  cozy  summer  house  on  a  half-acre 
island  on  the  left  called 

CAI^UMET, 

now  ovmed  by  Mr.  Oliver  H.  Green,  of  Boston.     It  was  first   selected  and 
occupied  by   Rev.  Henry  R.  Waite,  formeriy  U.  S.  Consul   to  Rome,  about 


34 

1875-6.  As  It  is  in  the  narrowest  part  ami  near  the  center  of  tlie  main 
American  channel,  it  commands  a  view  extending  nearly  from  Alexandria 
Bay  to  Clayton. 

On  the  main   shore  in   tlie    immediate  neighborhood  one   or  two  small 
cottages  have  been  built,  whose  ownership  we  have  been  imable  to  ascertain. 

only  a  few  hundred  yards  above,  was  formerly  one  of  the  wooding  stations 
for  the  old  American  line  of  steamers  tm  Lake  Ontario,  and  also  the  site 
of  a  steam  saw  mill,  whose  only  relic,  a  rusty  cylinder  boiler,  long  lay  on 
the  shore  ornamented  with  one  of  Mr.  Warner's  "Safe"  signs. 

Shortly  above  Collins  Landing  the  naiTow  channel  begins  to  widen,  and 
a  nimiber  of  farm-houses,  with  a  factory  for  Limbm-ger  cheese  on  the  Wells 


PEEL  DOCK, 

Island  side,  and  two  or  three  small  cottages  on  small  islands  near  the 
shore  (owned,  we  believe,  by  parties  in  Watertown,  N.  Y.).  somewhat  vary 
the  landscape.  While  tlie  shore  of  Wells  continues  rocky,  the  farms  on  the 
main  are  now  more  extended  and  the  land  generally  susceptible  of  culti- 
vation. About  lialf  a  mile  above  the  cheese  factory  on  Wells  Island,  is 
the  Peel  Dock,  so  called  from  the  destruction  of  the  steamer  "Sir  Robert 
Peel,"  a  well  remembered  incident  of  the  border  troubles  of  1837-38,  to 
which  allusion  has  been  made.  Nfit  to  enter  at  any  length  into  the  history 
of  these  '  roubles,  it  may  be  sufficient  to  say  that  an  abortive  attempt  to 
revolutionize  the  Canadas,  generally  known  as  the  Patriot  war,  found  many 
sympathizers  and  awakened  great  interest  all  along  the  l)order.  The  burning 
of  the  American  steamer  ' '  Caroline  "  near  Niagara  by  a  band  of  men  from  Can- 


he  center  of  the  main 
learly  from  Alexandria 

lood  one   or  two  sinnll 
een  unable  to  ascertain. 

of  the  wooding  stations 
itario,  and  also  the  site 
nder  boiler,  long  lay  on 
Safe  "  signs, 
el  begins  to  widen,  and 
■ger  cheese  on  the  Wells 


J^" 


^mall  islands  near  the 
N.  Y.).  somewhat  yarv 
■ocky,  the  farms  on  the 
ly  snsceijtible  of  culti- 
ry  on  Wells  Island,  is 
le  steamer  "Sir  Rol)ert 
troubles  of  1837-38,  to 
length  into  the  history 
m  abortive  attempt  to 
iitriot  war,  found  many 
e  border.  The  burning 
band  of  men  from  Can- 


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ada,  while  it  aroused  a  general  indignai  on  throughout  the  States,  especially 
intensified  the  excitement  here,  and  produced  a  feeUng  difficult  to  repress. 
Men  were  enlisted,  and  organizations  effected  under  the  name  of  -'Hunter 
Lodges,"  who  threatened,  and  in  fact  attempted  an  invasion  of  Canada  in 
the  interest  of  those  who  desired  revolution.  Tlie  particulars  of  the  burning 
of  the  "Peel"  are  thus  related  by  Mr.  Hough  in  his  history  of  Jefferson 
County: 

"On  the  night  between  the  39th  and  30th  of  May,  1.838,  tlie  British 
steamer  '  Sir  Robert  Peel '  was  plundered  and  bmned  at  Wells  Island,  under 
the  following  circumstances.  *  *  *  She  was  on  her  way  from  Prescott 
to  Toronto  with  nineteen  passengers,  and  had  left  Brockville  in  the  evening, 
Avhich  was  dark  and  rainy,  and  arrived  at  McDonald's  wharf,  on  the  south 
side  of  Wells  Island,  in  the  town  of  Clayton,*  at  midnight,  for  the  purpose 
of  taking  on  wood. 

"Threats  of  violence  had  been  intimated,  and  before  the  steamer  had 
left  Brockville,  it  was  hinted  to  one  on  board  that  there  was  danger  of 
an  attack,  but  this  threat  was  not  regarded.  The  passengers  were  asleep 
in  the  cabin  and  the  crew  had  been  engaged  about  two  hours  taking  on 
wood,  when  a  company  of  twenty-two  men,  disguised  and  painted  like 
savages,  and  armed  with  muskets  and  bayonets,  rushed  on  board  yelling 
and  shouting  'Remember  the  "  Caroline  "! '  drove  the  passengers  and  crew 
to  the  shore,  allowing  but  a  hasty  opportunity  for  removing  a  small  part 
of  tlie  baggage,  and  toward  morning,  having  cast  the  boat  into  the  stream 
to  about  thirty  rods  distance,  set  it  on  fire.  The  scene  of  confusion  and 
alarm  which  this  midnight  attack  occasioned  among  the  passengers  can  be 
Uotter  imagined  than  described.. 

"  So)ue  of  them  fled  to  the  shore  in  their  night  clothes,  and  a  consid- 
erable portion  of  the  baggage  was  lost.  After  the  boat  was  fired  in  several 
places,  a  party  including  Thomas  Scott,  a  passenger  (a  surgeon  who  had 
Gtaid  to  dress  a  wound),  got  into  two  long  boats  and  started  for  Abel's 
Island,  four  miles  from  Wells  Island,  where  they  an-ived  about  sunrise. 
He  stated  that  there  were  about  twenty-two  persons  besides  himself  and 
the  wounded  man  in  the  two  boats.  The  brigands  were  known  to  each 
other  by  fictitious  names,  as  Tecumseh,  Sir  William  Wallace,  Judge  Lynde, 
Capt.  Crockett,  Nelson,  Capt.  Cnxiker,  Bolivar  and  Admiral  Benbow.  Several 
thousand  dollars  in  one  package,  and  also  snialler  sums,  were  taken  from 
the  boat  and  various  articles  of  clothing.  The  only  house  in  tlie  vicinity 
of  the  wharf  was  the  woodman's  shanty,  where  the  passengers  found 
refuge  until  five  o'clock  in  the  morning,  when  the  <  Oneida,'  Ca])t.  Smith, 
came  down  on  her  regular  trip,  and  finding  the  distressed  situation  of  the 
unfortunate  persons  returned  with  them  to  Kingston.  It  is  said  to 
liave  been  the  intention  of  those  who  took  the  '  Peel,'  to  have  captured 
with  her  aid  the  steamer  '  (Ireat  Britain '  the  next  day,  and  to  have  cruised 
with  these  steamers  on  the  lake,  and  transport  troops  and  supplies  for 
the  patriot  service." 

The  leader  of  this  outrage  was  William,  or  as  he  was  commonly  called, 
"Bill"  Johnson,  well  known  on  the  border  for  his  bitter  hatred  of  the 
English  and  Canadian  governments,  and  ready  for  any  measure  that  might 
aul  thn  so-called  "patriot"   cause.      So  f;,,-   h-om  denying,  it  apixjars  that 

f,.^^^,"™\:^^}:  ^^  in  Clayton  at  the  time,  and  was  so  written  by  Mr.  Houjfh,  and  copied 
from  his_  history,  in  the  Previous  editions  of  tliis  hook  It  is  now  iu  the  town  of  Orleans 
an  act  of  the  legislature  ImviuR,  in  mO,  eliunKcd  the  boundary  between  the  two  towns 


86 

he  rather  gloried  in  the  exploit.  Of  course  it  at  once  not  only  awakened 
the  indignation  of  Canada,  but  aroused  our  own  government  to  the  necessity 
of  guarding  the  frontier  and  preventing  a  lireaeli  with  tlie  Canadian  author- 
ities. Gov.  Marcy,  tlien  in  the  executive  chair  of  New  York,  himself  visited 
Jefiferson  County  am',  took  measures  to  repress  any  further  hostile  demonstra- 
tion. A  large  reward  was  offered  by  our  own,  and  a  larger  by  the 
Canadian  executive,  for  the  arrest  of  the  outlaws,  and  the  officials  of  both 
countries  imited  in  the    effort   for   their  capture,   especially   Johnson.       It 


THOr.SANn   mLAND  PARK  HOTEL 


has,  however,  been  hinted  that  the  American  detail  professedly  engaged  in 
this  service  did  not  lose  a  great  deal  of  necessary  sletp  by  their  watchfulness. 
Johnson  was  aided  in  his  hidings  among  the  islands  by  his  daughter,  it 
is  said,  in  a  boy's  disguise.  As  she  was  then  a  very  attractive  young 
woman,  a  spice  of  romance  for  a  long  time  attached  to  her  adventures, 
and  her  fame  as  "Queen  of  the  Isles''  extended  through  the  whole  region. 
The  writer  met  her  many  years  since  at  Clayton,  where  .she  was  married 
and  the  mother  of  a  family,  who,  so  far  as  discovered,  bore  no  special 
marks  of  royal  birth.  She  is,  we  believe,  now  dead,  but  some  of  Johnson's 
sons  are  now  living  in  Clayton. 

Late  in   the  fall    he   was    arrested  by    the  American    authorities,   but 
escaped  and  was  re-arrested   two  or  three  times,  until   finally  the  border 


3  not  only  awakened 
iment  to  the  necessity 
the  Canadian  author- 
York,  liimself  visited 
ler  hostile  demonstra- 
nd  a  larger  by  the 
d  the  officials  of  both 
ecially   Johnson.       It 


iifelaL ...■M!-H!in.,..;'^«|!r' 


A 


87 

having  beconae  quiet,  ne  returned  to  Clayton  and  -vvas  no  more  molested. 
Indeed  so  far  from  the  American  government  having  any  continued  desire 
for  his  punishment,  he  seemed  to  meet  with  favor,  and,  as  probably  a 
good  democrat,  was  apjH»intid  by  the  administration  of  President  Pierce  keeper 
of  the  light  at  liock  Iilanil,  which  shines  on  the  very  spot  where  the  "Peel" 
was  burned.  Tlie  explanation  is  believed  to  be  that  he  had  before  rendered 
effectual,  though  perhaps  not  very  reputable  service,  to  the  United  States 
in  the  war  of  1812,  when,  employed  as  a  spy,  he  had  succeeded  in  ])lundering 
the  British  mails  of  imjjortant  dispatches  which  he  brought  to  the  American 
olHcers  at  Sackett's  Harbor.  This  explanation  has  at  least  the  color  of 
l)lausibility,  as  it  is  s:iid  he  was  appointed  by  the  recommendation  of 
General  Scott,  who  as  an  officer  of  the  American  army  was,  during  the 
war,  engaged  in  the  military  operations  then  in  progress  upon  the  frontier, 
and  probably  knew  all  about  Jolinson's  services. 


rofessedly  engaged  in 
ly  their  watchfulness. 
i  by  ills  daughter,  it 
ery  attractive  young 
id  to  her  adventures, 
ugh  the  whole  region. 
Iiere  she  was  married 
ered,  bore  no  speoial 
but  some  of  Johnson's 

rican  authorities,  but 
til   finally  the  border 


ETIIELHIDOE— HEAD  OF  ROUND   ISLAND. 

But  to  return  to  the  description  of  our  trip.  Not  far  above  Peel 
Dock  we  come  to  so.ne  recent  improvements  upon  a  cluster  <if  small  islands, 
and  upon  the  shore  of  Wells,  that  have  incidentally  grown  out  of  the  location  of 
the  Thousand  Island  Park  which  we  are  now  rapidly  approaching.  We  cannot 
particularize  them  all.  On  tlu  small  islands  at  the  left  are  several  summer 
residences  of  various  sizes  and  pretensions.  The  nearest.  "  Frederick  Island," 
is  owned  by  a  gentleman  of  that  name,  a  meri-luuit  of  Carthage,  N.  Y. 
The  second.  "Occident  and  Orient"  by  a  New  York  gentleman  named 
Washburn.  Tlie  third  is  an  expensive  hous.-  built  by  E.  N  Robinson,  a 
broker,  who  was  somewhat  noted  for  large  operations  in  Wall  Street,  where 
it  is  said,  he  both  madt>  and  lost  sums  of  money  reaching  into  the  millions 
very  rapidly.  There  are  some  two  or  three  mon^  distant  cottages  on 
islands  whose  names  and  owners  we  are  not  able  to  give.  Over  back  of 
these  islands  is  a  little  hamlet   known  as 

where  a  comfortable  house,  called  the  "  Central  Hotel.""  entertains  in  a  quiet 
way  a  good  many  summer  u:uests.  On  the  Wells  Island  side  we  pass  some 
clusters  of  cottages  and  one  hotel,  the  ••Fine  View  House."'  before  reaching 
the  park   proper. 


38 
The  localities, are  known  as  "Jolly  Oaks,"  Throop  Dcx;k  and  "Waving 
Branrhen."  As  we  turn  to  the  riffht  to  make  „„r  lun.linj;  at  the  Thousand 
Islan.l  Park,  we  pass  the  Rock  Island  Lij^ht-house,  whieh  guards  the  navi- 
gator against  several  surrounding  dangerous  r..cks,  and  indicates  the  proper 
entry  from  the  open  water  above  into  the  narrower  channels  we  have  l.een 
ascending.  Guided  carefully  l,y  the  pil„t  in  the  narrow  passages  between 
noatmg  buoys  which  mark  the  location  of  several  dangerous  shoals  at  the 
entrance,  we  reach  the  dock  of 

THOUSANO    ISI^ANO    PARK, 

and  at  once  discover  many  evidences  of  active  enterprise.    The  liotel  and 
cottages  near  at  hand  present  an  aspect  of  beautv  ?•.•■  -■   >'.^t  not  often 
excelled.     But  to  get  a  satisfactory  view  of  the  park  h      -        Juxve  been 
better  to  have  come  up  on  the  morning  trip  and  wait  ....,  as  manv  do 
resummg  the  excursion  in  the  afternoon. 

We  need  say  but  few  words  of  this  park,  which  has  become  one  of  the 
Bnmmer  institutions  of  the  country,  and  has  already  been  visited  by  thousands. 

of  18<4-7o.  although,  by  the  invitation  of  its  projector,  Rev.  J.  F  Dayan 
parties  of  ministers  and  others,  chiefly  members  of  the  Methodist-Episcopal 
Church,  had  the  autumn  before  visited  various  localities  of  the  islands  within 

of  wTt";  T"'  """  '"  *''  ^"'"'""^''  ""'^^«"^'  ^«'^-     The  upper  end 
of  Wells  Island,  on  the  American  side,  was  finally  chosen  and  arrangements 
mformally  commenced  for  its  purchase      During  the  winter  the  projectors 
effected  an  organization,   at  first  under  the  name  of  tl.e  'Thousand  Island 
Camp  Meetmg  Association,"  of  which  Dr   E.  O.  Haven,  then  Chancellor  of 
Syracuse  Umversity,  and  afterward  one  of  the  bishops  of  the  Methodist-Epis- 
copal  Church  (smce  deceased),  was  president,  and  the  Rev.  J.  F.  Davan  secre 
tary  and  general  manager.     With  considerable  negotiation  and  somj  hesitation" 
m  regard  to  the  quantity  of  land  needed  for  the  success  of  the  enterprise  they 
finally  purchased  all  the  land  in  the  neighborhood  then  open  f,     ...,e  (about  960 
acres),  and  employed  an  engineer  to  lay  ,t  out  suitably  for  the  pnr,x.ses  they 
ntended  ,   to  serve.     Reserving  a  strip  all  around  the  shore,  and  othL  grounds 
for  the  pubhc  uses,  a  considerable  space  was  ,narked  off  in  avenues  .nd  lots 
wh,ch  were  offered  for  sale  the  following  spring.     By  this  time  a  doc-k  f^ 
steamers,   and  various  buildings  for   boarding-hall,  offices,   stores  and  some 
lodgmg-rooms  to  be  owned  and  controlled  by  the  association,  were  in  ^Z 
progress.     By  active  effort  and  extensive  advertising  the  proiect  spran^^fn 
successat  once.     Lots  were  immediately  and  largely  taken.  Cvf:: 
made  by  the  trustees  for  a  series  of  meetings  at  which  the  ablest  speaker  "n 
rehg,ous  and  phdanthropic  subjects  were  to  be  heard.     Soon  not  onlv  the  lots 
on  the  park  itself,  but  all  the  desirable  shore  property  near,  .nth  ihe  sma 
islands  m  the  near  vu-mity.  a.lvanced  largely  in  price  and  found  eager  buvers 
Tnousauas  became  visitors,  hundreds  .urchasers,  and  very  manv  builders    so 
that  there  soon  arose  a  considerable  summer  village,  perhaps  averaging  a  thou 


sand  or  fifteen  huutlred  inliabitants  for  two  monthH  in  the  year,  and  often  in- 
creased to  more  thtui  double  that  number  on  days  of  special  interest  in  the  meet- 
ings held.  There  are  no  probably  more  than  tliree  himdred  buildings  on  the 
grounds,  most  of  which  are  privati;  cottages.  Some  friction,  of  course,  has 
occurred  in  the  management,  and  some  grumbling  at  the  strictness  of  regula- 
tions made,  or  believed  to  be  necessary  for  the  preservation  of  goo<l  order 
upon  the  grounds,  but  on  the  whole  the  institution  has  had  a  large  sucicess. 
It  is,  however,  underst<x)d  that  there  has  been  a  change  in  the  management, 
and  that  still  greater  effort  is  to  be  made  for  continuance  of  growth.  A  com- 
fortable, commodious  and  handsome  hotel,  whose  want  was  long  felt  and  often 
expressed  by  those  who  were  dissatistied  with  the  rather  priinitive  accommo- 
dations at  first  provided,  and  who  were  willing  to  pay  for  better,  was  erected 
in  1H83,  and  other  improvements  looking  to  permanency  and  comfort  have 
been  made  and  are  still  in  progress.    The  whole  park  was  practically  at  first 


'•JERSEY  HEIGHTS    "—OIIENELL  PARK. 

but  a  sort  of  mammoth  out-door  ho<  \,  where  most  of  the  guests  took  meals  at 
the  boarding-hall,  but  very  generally  looked  for  their  own  lodgings  in  cottages 
and  tents.  Still,  rooms  were  to  a  limited  extent  provided  in  the  upper  lofts 
of  some  of  the  buil.lings,  and  at  the  same  time  many  families  lived  and  had 
all  arrangements  for  providing  the  table  in  their  own  cottages  and   tent 

homes. 

Our  stay  at  the  pant  is  limited  to  a  few  minutes,  and  after  receiving 
probably  a  large  addition  to  the  number  of  her  passengers,  the  "Wanderer" 
moves  on  her  way.  Any  further  information  in  relation  to  the  park  is,  if 
desired,  easily  accessible  in  some  of  the  publications  issued  in  its  interest, 
notably  in  a  little  Ixnik  published  about  1887,  entitled.  "The  Thousand  Island 
Park,  its  Origin  and  Progress,"  which  may  possibly  still  be  found  at  the  book 

stands. 

•  As  we  move  from  the  park  dock  partly  around  the  upper  end  of  the  island 
you  will  not  fail  to  notice  the  beautiful  situation  and  ornamentation  of  some 


40 

of  tlie  cottages  nearest  the  river  hnnk  ni 

and  level  plateau  shore  we    Zj^^i:'     '  "^"  -"'^^^ '-t  yet  beautiful 

rods  back  and  abo.e  i«  '  ""  '^"°"*^'*  *''  «'**  ^  ^-"^^  ^-ie-.    A  few 

The  hotel  is  on  a  small  island,  which  wn«  «r;  •     ., 

"ow  again  conneited  with  it  by 
a  »>ridge;.  Thej  M-ere  both 
owned,    an.l    to    s„nae    extent 

fanned,  by  Mr.  Samuel  Grenell. 
who  has  resided  here  for  many 
years,  giving  entertainment  to 
a    few    guests   who 
came  for  fishing  and 
hunting,    perhaps 
formerly  rather    in 
the  primitive   style 
of  a  country  tavern. 
Several     pretty 
^^     cottages  are 
^  perched    upon 
'^p.  prominent 
0    points    of   the 
larger  island. 

r  III  ig         r 

CARPE  DIKM-ROUND  ISLAND. 

We  believe  that  the  wliole 
island  has  been  surveved  and 
divided  into  lots  with  a  view 
to  further  occupation  in  the 
same  way.  The  whole  is  now 
known  as  Greneirs,  although 
upon  the  former  maps  it  was 
marked  as  "Stuart  Is," 

It  is  understood  that  Mv  ..   ,  „, ,  ,,, 

Tlie  Hm  cottage  ,.l  high  u™,n  T        I  "  """  '^*"«^»  "»  ''"Jet,, 

that  o,  „.  L,  ..  caw.,e,  i  ^1    VT  .IT  T,""'  *  '™'«"^  '» 


yet  iK'autiful 
'iew.    A  few 


»f  the  larger 
vater  (and  is 
d  with  it  by 
were    both 
>rue    extent 
uel  Grenell, 
e  for  many 
ainment  to 
ruests   who 
fisliing  and 
perhaps 
ratlier    in 
itive   style 
try  tavern, 
pretty 
ages  are 
'ed     upon 
»  i  n  e  n  t 
3    of   the 
Br  island. 

^  *^;^ 


vriting 
:;h  will 
ders. 
ling  is 
ghts." 
ior  of 


4t 

rtarl^*^r  ""'  "T  "'  "^"^^'^-^^"^^''^  -'"-1  «-  '■  Otnego  Club;"  another  bv 
Charles  Ch.c^enng.  Es<,.  known  in  political  circles  as  for  several  years  clerk 
of  the  legislative  awsomMy  of  tli.s  State. 

Those  who,  previous  o  1888.  have  taken  the  excursion  of  the  "  Wanderer  " 
will  observe  that  from  this  ,>oint  a  change  has  »«en  made  in  the  route.     Inste^l 
of  passmg  around  back  of  (Jreneirs  in  the  channel  next  to  Hemlcx-k  Island   we 
now,  after  a  stop  at  Grenell's,  take  a  direct  ...urse  up  the  open  an.l  princ'ipal 
channel  toward  Round  T.iand  .nd  Clayton.    There  ar.  several  large  islands 
lying  off  at  some  distance  to  the  right  not  yet  cx-cupied.     It  i.s  impossible  to 
name  them  all ;  and  if  we  should  atteiupt  it.  it  would  be  extremelv  doubtful 
whether  we   should  g.t  the  present  names  right,  and  if  luckilv  we  should 
do  so.  It  is  perhaps  e,,ually  uncertain  how  long  they  miKht  remain  the  same 
This  constant  change  of  names  of  islands  is  to  be  regretted  as  leading  to 
great  confusion.     But  it  goes  rapidly  on,  especially  with  the  smaller  islands 
which,  with  every  change  of  ownership,  are  apt   to  be  baptized  with  new 
names  to  suit  the  ta.stes  of  the  new  owners.     But  this  is  imt  all,  nor  the  worst 
Many  of  the  larger  islands  are  given  names  on  the  charts  published  bv  author- 
ity of  the  English  and  Americ-an  governments,  enthely  different  fm.u"  those  in 
common   use.     This  has  an   illustration  in  the  islands   just  above  us     That 
which  we  call  Grenell-s  is  named  on  the  EngUsh  charts  "Stuart."  which  was 
copied  on  the  map  in  common  use  and  also  on  the  American  charts     The 
early  deeds  name.l  it  -  J..tlers,-  by  wliich  it  seems  to  have  been  once  generally 
known.     S<,  of  the  large  island  away  to  the  right.     It  is  on  the  ciiarts.  both 

English  and  American,  as  "MuiTay,"  but  hereabouts  is  universalA- called -Hem- 
lock Island."    It  is  doubtful  now  if  anv  out,  hving  in  the  vicinitv  should  hear 
of  either  "Stuart"  or  "  Muiray"  Island  he  would  knox.  what  was  meant. 
Quite  a  lively  controversy  arose  a  few  years  since  as  to  the  proper  name  of 
"  Wells  Island."    It  is  marked  on  the  charts  "  Wellesley"  and  on  the  map  by 
both  names.     When  the  Methodist  pe..ple  inaugurated  the  park,   •'  Wellesley  " 
had  never  been  heard  of  in  the  vicinity.     The  publisher  of  a  map,  wliich  was 
first  issued  the  same  season  wliich  opened  the  park,  and  which  was  based  on  a 
copy  of  the  old  English  charts,  in  this,  as  in  several  in.stances,  inserted  both 
names.     With  the  names  only  as  given  in  the  chart,  the  map  would  have  been 
of  very  little  value,  for  no  one  here  knew  anything  about  tliem.     But  when  the 
park  began  to  be  talked  of.  some  astute  Methodist  brother  discovered  that 
Wesley  was  a  contraction  o{  Welle.sley,  and  of  course  for  a  Methodist  park 
that  would  be  the  right  name  for  the  islan.i,  and  great  effort  was  ma.le  to  bring 
the  longer  name  into  use.  much  t(j  the  disgust  of  the  older  inhabitants.     They 
had  received  title  to  their  lands  as  "being  and  situate  on  Wells  Island,"  and 
had  no  notion  of  giving  ujj  the  title  either  to  farm  or  island,  esi)ecially  foi  a 
tongue-twisting  name  like  that  proposed.    A  good  deal  of  discussion  arose  in 
the  newspapers  and  otherwise  as  to  the  in-opev  designation,  but  in  the  vicinity 
and  among  the  residents  at  least,  the  new  name  is  no  (/„.     But.  say  tlie  p;u-k 
people,  "  it  is  the  old  name,  the  charts  have  it,  and  no  chart  has  the  name  Wells 
Island."    The  facts  seem  to  be  these  : 


49 

8o  loDK  ago  iw  t\w  dose  of  the  last  century,  Iwfore  the  islandH  were  linully 
divided  l)etween  Canada  and  tl>o  State  of  New  Yorlf,  one  Williata  Wells,  a 
resilient  of  Brock ville,  though  it  a|)i)ear.s  a  native  of  New  Hani|i.shire,  was 
enKaKodin  lumlKTinK  upon  tluH  island,  which  he  conliniied  for  many  years 
and,  as  is  generally  the  case  in  new  countries,  it  took  the  name  of  its  first 
ot'cupant,  and  came  to  he  known,  as  it  alwayw  Hince  has  been  in  the  neighbor- 
h(K)d,  as  "Wells  Islan.l,-  and  all  the  deeds  of  land  uikwi  it  are  located  by  this 
name.     The  original  patent  of  the  islan      to  Elishu  Camp,  in  18^'3,  did  not  men- 
tion any  of  the  islands  by  name,  but  sim|)ly  conveyed  all  the  islands  belonging 
to  the  State  of  New  York,  lying  between  certain  designated  points  on  the  river. 
Upon  a  very  old  maj)  in  the  [wssession  of  Jlessrs.  Cornwall  &  Waltcm,  of  Alex- 
andria Bay,  which  they  received  with  an  early  purchase  of  lands  upon  Wells 
Island  and  all  the 
other  small  islands 
lying  between  eer- 
tain  tlefined  jjoints, 
and  which  is  said 
to  have  been  made 
for  the  com  mis 
sioners    of    the 
United  States  who 
run  and  establish- 
ed   the    boundary 
line,  this  is  desig- 
nated   "Wells   Is- 
land." The  date  of 
the  map  is  lost  or 
omitted,  but   it   is 
believed    to    be 
about  1820.* 

The   history 
and    authority    of  jacob  hay's  (^ottaoe-round  island 

1818  an  Enghrf,  „lhoer,  Captai,,  W.  F.  W.  0,v,.n,  R.  N.,  surre™!  tl.e 
nver,  presumably  by  .l,e  authority  „f  ,,,,  British  s,.v,.mu.e„t.  „„.,  „ 
Chart  wj«  .nade  by  hiur  „„  which  „„..  l,„ert«t  „au,»  „,„„  ,1; 
po,nt,  wh,ch    ,vith  a  tew  e,cep.i„„»,  had  u,,  >k,.„  „.,„„  know!,  „,■  JZ 

the   European    „■„„,   „,    winch    the    Enslisb  had  recently  been  engaKed 
Son,e   were   adopted  ,r„„    p|„ce»    where    In.portant    eveL    l,ad     Zt 
pn-ed^r^d  other,   tron,    omcers    who  had   become    dMnsnhhed.      n1 


48 

which  this  is  nil  ,.xam,,I..       \v..ii    ,      ,  .  "    •■xtonsuvly,  «,f 

..f w.„i„„„.,..  .„„ ,  , ;:;:;-  ^ '""■">•  ■■; ' "." ...... 

oratcil  in  ti...  imnu-r  f       .'^;"'"""'  "'>"''-  »V  the  way,  k  also  cmmo.n- 


i;.l«liH,  si'.btr^fti'nt^i ,4.1 ' 


VAN  WAOENEN  roTTAOE— notTND   ISLAND. 

was  for  years  known   and  used  in  the   whole  region,  while   "Welleslev" 
was  never  heard  of  in  the  vicinity  till  about  the  time  the  Thousand  Island 
Park  was  maugurate.1,  when  it  was  brought  into  notice   by  a  copv  of  one 
of  the  sheets  of  the  English  charts,  which  was  borrowed  and  used  bv  the 
gentlemen  interested,   while  engaged  in  canvassing  for   the  beginnings  of 
he.r  enteiprise,   and  is  the  sau.e  that  afterward  became    the  foundation 
for  the  very  little  map    which  has  been  so  much  used  by    visitors      But 
we  are  for  a  while  about  to  lose  sight  of  Wells  Island,  and  it  is  a  fit  time 
to  dismiss  this  wearisome  discussion    U.out  the  name,  into  which  we  have 
been  led  by  a  desire  to  get  the  facts  fully   before   the  public,  which    we 
believe,  has  not  before  been  done. 

By  this  time  we  sIlUHhj  approaching  Round  Island  which,  in  fact  with 
Its  big  liotel  in  the  center,  has  b.-en  n,„re  or  less  conspicuously  in  view 
even  before  we  made  the  stop  at  Thousand  Island  Park.  As  we  get  near 
the  wharf  we  pass  between  the  main  island  and  a  smaller  one,  known  as 


f 


44 
"  IJttlo  Roun.l  iHlttn.l."  It  i.  a  mn.M.th  a.nl  ^ruHHy  l.-v.-l  „f  H,.v.ml  aero. 
l.ut  Hl,Kl.tl.v  ..U.vat.Ml  nl.,v..  tl.o  rivr.  Tl.e  larKer  iHlan.l  wan  na.M..,l  on  tla^ 
ourly  Kn^.liHh  .lu.rtM  "  I',.ar.s„n,"  ulnlo  tJic  Htuuller  wan  .lewgnated  eh  "Col 
»K.rn.."  Islan.l.  TIuto  is,  however,  littl.'  .loubt  that  "Round"  and  "  Littlo 
R<mn.r  have  l„...n  th.  nana.  i„  ,.,.„u,...n  ..h.  .-v.-r  mn.o  th.  co.mtry  was 
«et  Km  ,  The  h„td  is  now  .all.-d  th.  Frontonac.  a  nan..-  well  known  in  the 
early  h.Ht<.ry  of  the  river  an  that  of  the  firsf  fort  l.uilt  at  Kingston  and 
i«  now  the  name  of  the  connty  in  which  Kingston  is  situated.  It  was 
Kiven  d,u,l>tless  to  honor  the  distinK'uished  nohle.uan  who  was  the  first 
J- rench  governor  of  Canada. 


THi:     FROXTKNAC,    ROUND    IHLATiU, 

Round  Island  is  along    the  An.erican  channel,  fnan  ahout  one  to  two 
mdes  hclow  the  village  of  Clayton.     ,t  has  an  area  of  .son.  one  hundred  and 
flf  y  acres,  hemg.  as  shown  hy  the  V.   S.  ....arts,   ahnost  exactlv  a  n.ile  in 
«xtn.ne    ength,  al.out  half  of  whieh.  in  the  central  pa...  averag;s  twelve  or 
th,rteen  hundred  feet,  or  nearly  a  fourth  of  a  mile,  in  hreadth      It  had  fo 
niany  years  l.en  occupied  as  a  farm,  till  about  1878  when  it  was  purchased 
by  an  nssocmtua.  of  gentlen.on.  mostlv.  we  In-lieve,  residents  of  Watertown 
wUh  the  pnrpo.so  of  estai.lishing  a  park  for  summer  residenc-e  and  resort' 
As  a  majonty  of  the  ass,.iation  were    m.nbcrs  or  were  in  sympathy  with 


LAMD  AND  BARNES  COTTAOE8- HOUND  ISLAND. 


K^t^  churches,   t  was  generally  reganled.  and.  in  fact,  puhlidv  given  out 
that  It  was  organized  un.ler  Baptist  auspices  ;  althouirh   like  m  ^ 

the  river  established  ahout  the  sa„.e  time,  it   w  s  "    f.  '•'      '^  "'" 

^ve    a  hearty  welcome  to  al,   who    wisLd  t.:;  j:  'Z::^  ^^ 

Ivst        K    T  '      "    '"""''  ""-^  inwnediately  on  the  ch  nne,  usn-U  v     k 
by  steamboats,   and  less  than  two  miles  from    M,  >  f        •  "  " 

(now  tlie  R.,  W  &  O  )  at  Cl.vf  """""'^  ''^  "'«  ''''^^'^^^ 

V.  &  O.)  at  (  lajton,  gu.ng  easy  and  convenient  access  from 


Hovernl  aoros, 
nmiH'd  oil  the 
latol  aH  "Col- 
"  and  "Littlo 
*  country  was 
known  in  thn 
vinyston,  and 
tt'd.  It  was 
wuH  tho  flrMt 


t  one  to  two 
liundrt'd  and 
\y  a.  uiili'  in 
fes  twelve  or 
It  lia<l  for 
i«  inirchaw'd 
Watertown, 
'  and  nsoi-t. 
uj)athy  with 


given  out, 
r  parks  on 
rian  as  to 
igos.  Tlie 
lots  which 
Qce  taken, 
and  many 

guests  in 
■•d!y  taken 
e  railroad 
cess  from 


45 

HlIpartHoffhee„„ntrv.fromi(sverv  •       > 

««•....  Uvan...  widely  know,,  "'**''""*^     ^''"^^  *  ^"^•"''ito  roHort,  and 

Tl  ' 

on.  ..f  .■.rizt,;"::':::';:;';;:!  :!;;,:';:,:";'"■  "t  "■  •"•  '•""■ ■■■•"■""^ 

i"t<Ti„r  „t  „,„  i,,|,„„|  I,  .li   .„,  '      '    7  '"'■'">■  '"■•  al,„v,.  ,|,e  „„t,.r     Ti„. 

'-  r ,.  .Jnt ;':.,:;  ";:v"''  "■ '-  '■*•' ...... 

-.•v™„r,.«l,.]„„„|„.,,,„.t-„„„^   „       ""■  ""7  "■■  ■■"«li.'n»t  .,,,1,  „-|,i,.hU 


HOTEL  KBONTENAC. 


Mtcl   l,y  I,,,,  g„.,„  ,1,^    „„j    |^_^ 
«*.r  View  „,  Clay.™  „„„  u«  »„„„„„,„„^.     .v    ;!^  "  :    "';,  "«'"^.'»  '""'' 

Molablyalehe  end,,  o„„.i,le,„l„„  ,„rti„„,    ,;.      "'  '""  ■<■""'« *ore..  a„,l 
'"-..    ™.  c„,„„.,„,.  a,,.,  .„.  ,',at,„a„.::,    „  '      T^aee    Z  °""""; 

.».en,ea.o:^:,a::r;:i::r;:;.';;;t;;:;:.::r:T 

mil«  have  been  lai,l  „„,,  a„„  ,.e„a,e,,  r,.  .  r  ™     ^  To      7        T™' 
".-ar  the  eentre.    The  „„.er  .,..1  .ha,,.,,  ,„«,„„.,  :  ^  M  .,:,:;":'""" 

«c„,^e^  bT«  ""■"""' """"  "°"  I"*-""".  "»•«  of  which  are  annua,l"y 

«cup,ed  by  the,r  owner,.    Tl,ey  ra„ge  In  cc«,t  fro.a  a  few  hundred  CZ 
thousand,  ot  dolU..    A„n„..  a„  „,  .hen.  are  h,  „„d  U.^^TlTZ 


4« 
Molgemsotcollog,.  arclutectoe.      Many  ,.f  tl,„,.,   i  ,        , 

.herein  keeping  „,„.«.„ ™™ In^l    .   ^  rit     7''"  "^  '"^ 

oon-espona  with  tl.e  taste  „,  „„„,,  Sf  „„  TZ"  ^     "  ■""*-"  *° 

-.t ....  .He  .„™er  Ho.,  -.^1:  irzrrir;:''';'" 

lofty   "wings,"  now  looms  up  noblv  as  the  Front  ""'"^"'^^^  V  two 

and  most  eWantlT  «„nnr    ,  ,  7,     •  ^'•""^nac,   one  of  the  largest 

none  on  the   Zr        Z  I        t -"^  ""  '^"^^'^"^  ^^^-°'  ^^  -cond  ^ 

-^i..  this  islander  gem^rtTet^r^^^^^^   ^^^^^^^  ""^  -^-«  - 

at  Jonr  ""r/"'™""°^   '^'--i  "P«n  visitors] 

whl    Ti       '^'"""^^  ^""^  '«^^^'  --^'^^  ^-<1  among ' 

where  and  along  the  entire  margin.    The  place  is  now 
The  kmdness   of  our  artist  friend,  Frank 

H.  Taylor  (whose  pretty  ••  Shady  Ledge,"  with 
Its  ornate  boat-house  and  studio,  distinguished 
by  a  windmill,  is  seen  at  the  foot  of  the 
island),  has  enabled  us  to  employ  a  few  of  the 
cuts  of  scenes  at  this  resort,  wluch  wiU 
afford  a  good  idea  of  its  charms.  After 
leaving    the    wharf   the   boat  passes  along 


who  may  stop  over 
the  cottages  every- 
undenominational. 


«jile>tiH). 


SHADY  LEDGE -Ror.VD  ISLAND 

Close  to  the  rock-lwund  shore  and  i^    r 

head  nearest  Clayton  one  sees  the  costly  p^J  r  "'f"'      ""^'^^  ^^^'"^  «- 

H.   Van  Wagenen,  and  also  of  tkJ^L^TTm^r^'  '""' ""'^^  ^°' 

i«  a  village  of  some  twelve  to^^.^^T**^ 

-  --eh  Creek,     xt  .as^^  ?;::"  ^  ^-f^ants.  formerly  known 

'      '   «f  --suierable    business  activity 


t-houses  liy  the 
and  expense  to 

he  association, 
:''  was  largely 
ients  with  the 
orced  by  two 
of  the  largest 
and  second  to 
ere,  and  the 
ir  purpose  of 

nay  stop  over 
•ttages  every- 
ominational. 


issing  the 
Jays  and 


y  known 
activity 


47 
ever  since  the    settlement  of   tlie 

was  the  mart  for  a  large  trade  inT  f  '""^  ^"'''  '^'  ^''''  ^812-15  it 
Afterward  it  became  a  gre  t  1 JL  !« '  "'  '''"  "'*  '"  '""^  ^--*^- 
squared  timber  and  oak'stls  ^  tou^V'^^^^  '"""^"^^  '™«^^-  ^t 
lakes  and  from  Canada,  to  be  made  un  .  '"  '"''''   '^"°^  *^«  ^^^'^ 

Lawrence  to  Quel.ec.  where  LrT  ^  '"  ''"'  '"'  '"^"^'^  ^«-«  ^^^  St. 
markets.  Commencing  about  Lo''!^^''"'  ''"^^'^^  ''^  "''^^^'^  for  foreign 
^-Iding.  Up  to  about  ^  som;  •  7  "^  '  ^"^^  ^"^'^^  «^  «4 
lake  trade  and  iive  or  six T  !  "  "''   ''"""*^   ^'^^^^^^'^   for    the 

I..e  Ontario  were  ZZ::^'^^^:    "^  'l   "^'-^    ^^"^    ^ 
people  have  been,  as  probably    some  are  sti  r^  '"'"'*^°'^  ^'   *^« 

of  vessels,  and  naturally  those  .ZJ^.T  "''"  ^"  ''''  ^^^-^h^P 

a  considerable  portion  of  t^^       o^^^^^^^^^^^^  ^-es  and  mad! 

along  the  lake,  the  profits  of  shinrr'H-  .         ''"^P^'*'°"  ""  ^^^^^^^s 

somewhat:  but  since  the  Role  ^w  """''  '"'  ""  ^'"^°-  -^-ed 
branch  to  the  St.  Lawrence  aUhi^:!?"^  ^ '^^'^'"'"^^  ^"^  ^^  ^^^  ^ 
over  it  to  the  g^-eat  bote      pa  L  3    "  "'  °'  ^'""^  '^^^'^  ^«  «-- 

-e.st  h.  sprm.g  up.  ^^^^^7^:::  ::"^"^^'  -- 
:s;r:ir;rr  fo^:  ^^  r  ^  -— -- 

well  kept  and  well  patLirj  in  b  t^r  s'^'^""  ^°^  ''  '^^^^^  -- 
-  the  islands  commenced,  these  wT.  e^e^  a^  •  ^"" '^^^^^ 
mcreased  in  number.  .Vinle  they  are  not  so  1  Z  anT b  '""''  "^' 
great    hotels  further  down,   thev  still  entert-un  u        ^""''  "'  "'^ 

multitudes  who  pass  through  in^  the  searl     '^        '       '    """''^^  "'  "- 
There  are  in  the  vill^.t  .  .  ^^^"'^  '""'"^^^  recreation, 

m  ine  village  foui   churches  of  diffpranf  a 

».era,  ato^s.  The.  i.  ,„.  ;,,,,  ,..n.r:^:^:tJ::TT°"'  '"' 
for  wh,cK  .here  i,  a  ,ar^  ,ac,„o-.  »hic„  ,™. J« rt't;"'''''"^' 
S..  Wrence  River  sklfl..  ba.  eanoe,  .nU  s.e.,„  launche,  wu  h  °°'°" 

m.n  or  two  and  a  c„„,i..er„,„e  „.,„,,  ,„„i3„„^  estallS  I  ,.    7  "  "  "" 
CALUMET   AND    GOVERNORS    ISIANBS 

Ho.:  a^  i::::;-;x:rnr  r;,:r :  -"" '—  ™-" 

Syracu.se  (well   known  as  "  Ol.l   s.IfM    «.      ,       .  Alvord,  of 

Of  «.e  ..e.„„  a„„ :,:,..:!':  rjr„:'":  t  ^™r--'--  «.-^er 

A»  we  leave  Clayton  to  e„,»  ,ow,r<i  Canada   we  mar  n,„i 
or_^n»e_.„  .„e  ,e„    „„ ,  „  ,„„  ..„^,„^^  ^,^, -J  --.  .^.nne 

♦  Hough's  history  of  Jeffe.^on  County. 


■•■I 


%>- 


'     I 


(H 


i  ! 


49 
Park,"  aa  enterprise  started  so 

homes  on  the  St.  Lawrence     1/^'  "^'^*    °'  ^'"^    ^'^''  «'°ce  for  summ.. 
althoug.  fro.  the  hi,h    roun?:L.rrT  ^^  '^^^"^^^^  ^"-I-- 
that  the  views  of  the  river  and   I  ''"'"'  ^"  ^*«  ^^'^t^.  it  is  said 

"'crctT'  "  "" ''"  "'"""^  ^^^""' 

channerat  fi-tlr'aIuTt"ee  UL  Tl?"^^         ^^^°-    «-  American 
the  northward,  we  avoid  some  d^  *    "''''^  ^^«*'  t^^^  curvin.  to 

--  on  our  ieft.  and  .^'JZ^Z  trr '^  "«  ^^  B  J.: 

GRINDSTONE    ISI^AIVO. 

points,  and  narrow  bays,  which    ranfl     ,  ^'  """'^^  ''''^^^^-  J"ttin.>- 

lengthen  in^  ereeks  with  C  J  3  ./^  Z'^^^"*^*-^'  ^^  of  whici: 
and  one  of  which,  near  the  lower  pa^  1^  r'*"^'  '^^  ^"*"  *^«  -terior. 
It  ha:,  a  resident  population  of  al"  /t  "  7  "  "'^"'  ^"*«  *-«  part, 
cultivation,  who  are  able  to  fZl  Z  y  ''  """^  ^"  ^^^  -^"ir 
^or  «:he  use  of  «..„,,.  vi.to^  tr Z^^  ^«,  ^^  ^-^^^erable  amount 
exc«^.ons    of   the  old    "  VVanderer '•     ",:^''    ""'    '^^   ^^^^^   >-rs.   the 

along  the  easterly  end  of  this  island,  to  iUT       """    "^^^     ^^^    ^^^ 
several  years  had  an  interest  as  the  «         .  "'"'"^^'"'^"^ost  point,  which,  for       • 

tl^e  American  Canoe  Assoc;\i:;"rdr  J^^^^^^^  ^^^^^  P^-  of 

groups  of  snaaller  islands  wluVh  ie  Jt^T  "^.'"'  ''^''''^  "^«  «<^attered 
Shore  But  although  that  pas.;':  w as Tit^^"'"^  ^"'  '''  ^^^^^ 
from  the  varying  aspects   of  the  numern  ^-^eedingly  interesting 

-de.  most  of  wlUch  a-e  v.t  i  T^Z  ^  ^™""^  ^^'^^^^  ^^  -! 
roul.  described  in  all  the  former  isste  of  h'T'  '"'  ""^  '°  ^^^  *'- 
the  superior  speed  of  the  new    "  C Ire   .  "'''  ^^  ^'^^   ^«"-'   "-* 

excursion,  and  in  1HS8  the  route  was  chanl    '""'"'*'  '  "^""  ^"'^"^'"^'^ 
to  the  south  and  southwest  of  Grindst:;:"!:;:.  1":;  T''  ''^^'^ 

veen  it  rfnd  the  lower  point  of 

WOI.KE    OR    LONG   reiAND. 

Tliw  is  the  body  „t  |»„d  |yi„,,  ,„_.,.     .  _  ,      , 

after  lea.,„,-  Clayton.     It  beta  ^f  r       ','      '     '""  '""''  '•"  «"">  "™ 
Th„.«„dI»,a,,d,p„,«,,,J„;-%''^^™»''»-;™'    i"    the  I„,e,t  „,  the 
■llvidlog  the  Canadian  and  Am    tan        'T'""  ""'"^  ""  '""*'■'  »"<> 
«  ha,,  however,  a  canal  „„.  ZrZtZtl'T  ""  "'  '^'«  «"'-- 
alm»t  di,«tly  in  a  line  between  Kin^t.  J  '""  T'"  °'  ""  "»'■"'■• 
much  to  facilitate  the  ,teaml»„t  n  "*  ^""^™''  "'"cl'  <loo3 

%...hon«,  ^bie  ab„:rttirrr;:; '"''"'•-'«■■'-«  - 

«l»ad»  at  the  exl,e,ne  h.wer  noint  „,  ,   '      ,  ,     ""  ""    """  ^'indstone, 


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Of   these  are    nain:  Irl  p! ,     .':  "''^^^^^  ^''^^"*-    ^he  two  largest 
"Whiskey"  and  "  Clu,'  ZZ      8  T  '""""'  ""  ^^    '•    ^'-t^' 

Heen  oceup..  .,  ._r  ^  .117.  r;:^^  f  ^  ^^  ^^^ 
owned  as  follows  :<<  Coral  "  Island  C  Whiskey  "oTr  """'' "^"^' 
of  New  York.  "  Hen"  Islan<i    hv  W    F  m  °'''^'^'  ^^  ^-  ^^J*'''- 

of  Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co.,  „f  New  York  T^'  ''  ""  ^"""'  ^"'^''"^  ^^«"^^ 
names  and  o^vnership  we  are  i.nJ.Z      J  ^''  "'''^'  ""^^''^  ^^  ^^^ose 

in  the    vicinity  are  al       leu^eT  ^.h  "'  "^^  ^^^"^*^  °^  «^-^*«- 

Whose  names  we  give  withlt  bet.  h  """  "'^  '^  ^'^"^^  l-«- 
they  own.  They  are  C  Leavitt  H  T""'"'"  ^  ^"^*^  *^«  -««^- 
Bryant    Lind.ey'aU    of    N^r^^.^l^^^^^^^^^^^^  Moore, 

Many  of  these  parties  are  Haid  to  rw;^,!  ,T  ''*''"^'  "'  ^''^*«"- 
Farther  on,  ui>on  the  same  side  we  T        ,  ^^'^*'"  "P^^^^°*  -'"-'-■ 

if  designed  for  a  hotel  r  a^  J  ^  ""'  "'"""  ^^''^'  '"^^^^^^^  ^ 
On  the  left  we  pass  '' Goose  "IndTn!,""'  ''  '"°^*  ""'  "^"^^  ^'-^^ 
although  on  the  Canada  s  de  of  th  i  T  '"■""  "^'^  "  ^'•^^^^"^••)  -'-h, 
Hicks,  of  Brooklyn.     Verv  near  H  7     ''  "  '"'  *°  '*«  — » «>y  E.  S 

by  Mr.  LivingstJ.  .hi  ^  ^^IV"^-^^  ^^  "  ^^^^■-^•'  ^«^-d,^ow„ed 
-eral  years.  Bnring  the  pJ::^Z'ZZ  T^T  ''  ^  ''''''  '- 
referred,  it  was  the  rendezvous  of  a  fiH,  '^^'''^  ^^  ^^^«  '-^i^eady 

undertaken  by   .some   A^reZn^t^    T'''^ 

nothing  except  to  occasion  lee^c^'  "'^^''  '"^^'^^"•-  ^^  ^^ 
much  disappointment  and  su^lVamtrr  ^^'  ^'^^"^  ^°  ^^^^^  -^ 
from  the  account  given  by  Mr  Hon^Tn  ^17'^''"  "  "^  "  ^PP«-«' 
that  in  the  afternoon  and  eveninHf  p  ?  "'  ^'^  ''^^^^^^^  ^^«-t^'. 

-en  from  various  places  in  tirtm  «  e  T-  ''"''  '''''  ^'^^^^"^^  ^^-'-^ 
-pply  Of  arm.  .nd  ammuniti!:^  ItadtrT  T""'  ^^"^  ^  ^^^^ 
arsenals  at  Watertown  and  other  vilt  fon  T  b  T  "'  '""  "^^  «*«*^ 
«le,ghs  at  Clayton,  with  the  avowed  Wn  V  ^  "'  '"'  "^'^^^^^^^  '" 

anoque,   from  which  an  attempt    '.'7 )  "''  ^  '"^gment  at  Gan- 

deta^hment  of  these,  on  footTnd  ^         '""''  ""^  ^'"^^t^"-     A  large 

HicW  Island,  abo^t  seven^L'  ^  cw  '''''''''  "^-^  "^  ^^  ^  > 
the  island,  the  report  is  that  a^tuLTro  ^^^t"  ^'*"-  "'^^  ^"-^  - 
o-e    put    a    damper    upon    the  'whol  ^  ^'^  ^"""""^'  ^^^^^  «* 

-tensely  cold,  which  not  on  v  e  used  TT  ^'^  ^^^^*^^^  -« 
obvious  want  Of  discipline  amc.  the  nrol  '"''"'"^'     ^^"*    '»    «^e 

any  efficient  organization,  rer^  ^Z  T  "'*'"""  °'  "^'^  ^'^*^«"* 
caused  the  dispersion  of  the  entire  n^^  wit,  t  """  ™"'*"-^'  ^'•^'--  -^ 
attempt.  It  i,  said  that  the  mo«  v  .  h  "  "'^"^  ^'^  "''^'^  '"-barred 
haste  that  those  who  acted  .7^'  '"'  ""^^^'^^'^  ^"  --h  unseemly 
number  to  remove  the  ^^  Z;^:::Tt    "''''''  ''''''    ^  ^^^^-* 

Somewhere  in  the  channel  Jwe'  Hick       ""• 
cross  the  ..undan^  line  for  a  more  Zj^Z  "'  ''""'^^'"^  ^-"'-^"^  - 

l>eacetul,  and  we  hope  a  more  successful 


he  right  several 

The  two  largest 
-   U.    S.    charts, 
tlie  cluster  have 
now  named  and 
>).  by  C.  Wolfe, 
t  banking  house 
)ther8  of  whose 
'  of  Grindstone 
various   jjarties 
ite  the  cottages 
r,  Mrs.   Moore. 
>r,    of    Boston, 
■esent  millions, 
icli  appears  as 
)f  some  kind. 
bella'),  which, 
tvned  by  E.  S. 
Island,  owned 
IS  a  farm  for 

have  already 
linst  Canada, 
er,    came    to 
Canada,   and 
It  appears, 
rson  County, 
3ral  hundred 
kvith  a  large 
m  the  State 
tssembled  in 
lent  at  Gan- 
'•      A  large 
I  the  ice  to 

arrived  on 
1,  which  at 
•ather  was 
«t  in  the 
en  without 
ardor,  and 

ill-starred 

nnseemly 

suflicient 

fi'nnds  we 
successful 


invasion  than  the  one  we  h«v      i 

^-dually    bear    away   I^o  !"      ""'"'      "^"^^  '"  ^-^^^ian  wate,.  w 
locally    known     as    'CZ^    'T''^'''     ''''^'     «^     "P-    -J/ 
-tended,  and  if  the  weather    .  ej      .T"'    '"    ^^^^^    ^^-ction^^ 
joyed.     At  the  left  we  have  anuni^telT,        "^'^^  ^"^°"^'  -^"  ^>e  en 
^or  many  miles.     At  the  right   at  T^^^^  "^^^  "^  *^«  ^-^«ton  channel 
L^CT  '"'''''  "  ^^•^»^«'  --g  t::  ;^  -7^  -"es,  .e  descry 
^erer    wa«  formerly  taken.     Directlv  lu    n         '''"*'  °^  ^^^  "^^  "  Wan- 
diBcern    two    light-houses,   straight    L    "1      '^"^  ^-*--t -^e  distance,  we 
«*-rs.    It  i,  known  as  Bux^'  ^T    ""  °^"^^^  «^  -J»«l»  our  ;irot 

;«^and  ne.r  the  foot  of  ' ■  hI^o:  .'sf  i'  ^  "  ^^"^^^  ^  ^^^ 
extends  to  the  westward  between  us  and  th  n^''"  '  ^^^^^  ^^^^^  ^'-h 
-aehmg  the  light^house.  however  our  1  ^^  ""^'^  "^'"-  ^^^^  ^i-^e 
and  enters  a  narrow  channel     Le^n     ■  *"'"'  "'""P"^'  ^o  the  right 

rr  ^  "^"^^^  '-'^^^  -^"^ohtera: ;  "^"^';^  -^^^-^^  ^'«.  - 

-es  lying  very  closely  together  '  ^  ""  ^'"^*^^  «^  ^^^-^s  of  various 
discover  as  we  pass  along  a  conZe  Je  ?  T"  ^^"^"^"'^^"^  ^^^^^  - 
many  of  them  very  near  and  others  °'  ^""^  *^«*^    ^"ottages 

-ith  boats,  boat-houses,  tents        1  T  ''"°'''  '""^  ^^-^  -"*«'  equipped 
-.ioyment,  all  alive  with  ha  Jy  ~;;'  ^^^^^  ^'^  ^'^'""'^"^^  '^  -*-^' 
-n-ling  us  not  only  that  Jha^ .2,  '"'  ""^  ^"^"^'^  °^  ^'^^'-d-" 

-n,  but  that  our  Canadian  cousLs  I, '"!  '/""'^'  "''"  ^  ^^-^^  j-isdic- 
I«iands  in  very  much  the  same  ^nZjZT.  '  ''^  "^"^"^  ^^^  ^^— ^ 
par  icularly  to  describe  all  these,  ev  ^1^  .etl  ''  ''  '"''^'''''^  ^^  ^ 

-••but  from  a  ^-ty  eommunic  tion  fro^t  " '^'^'^^  ^"^^^-^«on  to  do 
^;:^  7-  especially  by  the  courtesy  of  ^  N  F  I  "'°"'  ^'  ^^'^'^"^-' 
Kingston,  who  kindly  prep.,,,d  a  map  of    .  ''"''''  "'  ^"^^"«  College, 

cot  ages  marked  and  names  noted  th  reo,    ^  "'t,"""^  ^^^^^  ^"^^  --- 
.nite  a  number  which  come  more  immed  11  "'  ^'^^  ^"  ^^^^  *^^  —  for 
firs    on  our  right,  after  leaving  the  "  "     '         '""  '"  ''"^  ^^^^^     ^he 
Prof.  Dupuis  hi,nself.     it  i.  ,  Lu  iaf      .  ,^'''""'^"'^  '^"^°^^'  ^«  «^at  of 
-ciiately  „pon  the  shore  of       ^^rbHT  f"^*"^^'  ^"^  «*-'«  - 
below  its  head  in.ients  the  island.  ^  Z  o     ^^         "*  '  ^^"^^•*''^-  ^'  ^  -'« 
named  '•  Boss  Dick,-  but  which  i   k'  iT  '"  "^^'  '^^^'^^  ^^^  U.  S.  charts,  is 
-land  (Which  is  nearly  a  mile  in  1  n^ra^T  '''  ;?«^*-'-^^"    «^^  «-  same 
named  '-Channel  View,-  i«  owned td  ll  7  ^^  ^^""^^-    The  second, 
-1-  himself  resides  at  the  head  o    a  lef  ''  ''''  "'^^^^  '^"^otte 

''Roseneath  Viha,"  on  the  sn.a  1  l.t T'  ,  "'"  ''"  ^""^*^^^*^^>-  '^^ow 
below  this  l^y,  ,,  ,,,  summer  iLr/Mr^^^  ^^^'^^'^^  *'-  ^^— ^ 

W  down,  but  stil,  on  the  same  islau  i  c^'""  ''"''"^"'^'  ''  ^-^«ton. 
Wallace,  of  Boston.  Nearly  opposite  ^^ .  7  '""''"  """^'^  "^^  ^^ 
cottages  on  two  ,„ite  small  island  u'l  "^"^  '"^  '''''''''  -^  t-o 

Cobourg;  the  more  distan.  ^t!;;  !!"  T'^^  ^  ""*  ^'  '"''■  '-  ^"--  "^ 
renting  by  Mr.  J.  L.  Upham.  of  Br.^kvilie  "  t:"  t  '""'  '"'  '^^'  ^- 
-t  of  a  la^er  island,  upon  the  other  eJL!::^:^!::^^ 


m 
m 


52 


Light.ho,«,"  i,  legated.  A  house  on  ,l,e  Ma„d,  which  i,  „ame<I  "  Buck  Maud  " 
Blaud  „„  „„,  left,  „u  the  „„p  ..  o„,  m„,j,,  j.,  „  ,„^  ^,  ,^^  J 

Lmdsa>.  At  our  right,  and  op,x>>ite  this,  „  "  Round  Maud,-  ou  which  is 
.xa  ed  a  .er,  h.ud»>,ue  cottage  owned  h,  Mr.  J.  Fiudlay,  of  M  utreal^th 
by  all  accounts  is  a  home  for  much  eujoyureut  of  summer  Ufe  by  Itls  ,f 

Tc  n  „   "  "7;'"""^"  °°  "■'  ■"'"»  ""•«•  »"  '»•"  cotta  Jowtr  y 
lUr.  c.  K  Brittou  ami  Dr.  A  N  Kinrai..  r^f  n..„  ,  .  , 

i.  1  ,  ft-incam,  ot  Uananoqiie,  wliich  the  mans  hnvA 

p.c  bei  „^n,.„ ,,,.  „,,  u.u*y,^i:;  r^fivr.::" 

■^^rdl  M",  ,'kT  """  """'"•  "  "*"««  ■»"  «  """1'  '-land  called 

J^^.:::::^z^'r:":'"'°^- "' "-'  '"'"'•  - «-  ^- 

Syracuse  UnivTrl     c     r.''  Wi'd »  r:  ""I  '?*""'  "'  ^°''  ^-""'  °' 
College  Cobour-    "a  i?  !  ,    ^T""*"""".    "-"i  <>'  Prof.  Coleman,  of  Victoria 

of  IT  i  ,";«  '"T'™";  "°«"-">'""«"-*w.-.he,ummerplace 
«.e  iarger  island  P^-bablyZri^rr  w/errir  17  "'""' 

.a.edon„urmai,..rfz:,:::uZr::er:;roi^^^^^^^^ 

.■anite,  w^  Zt  Lei  ^1^:^:^  l"  '^""  "  "  "  ^'"'"'-°  " 
a  summer  nlace  called  -UnZT,  '"'*■    ^"*  ''  °"  *»  "'""l 

on  ..Hay  Land^^Lh  ^s        LZt:!  '"■  "t'  '°"^'^''  ■"  *°"--' 
a  hundred  acres  Ion-  in  c„lti.„t  ,  east,  «  a  farm  ot  probably 

Which  gives  ,t:'iari^^:"rv°''^"'''"'"°^'="''''»^"^^^^ 

summer  hotel  kept  b.  Mr  iZtl      A  "     ^^^  '«''"°e  ""ouse  or  «,rt  of 

.ow  In  full  View  hL    he^'  ""  »"""« "ound  toward  Ganau»,ue, 

distance  a  small  isJa  o  4^ Lrhrrt'  "'  "^^  '"'  ""  "*"■'  "'  ^  "* 
Gnnanoque;  Rev.  Wm  Hall  „1"  ,  ?^  ?  '•'"  """"^  ''^  "'■  °<-"'™".  »' 
Taylor,  of  Gan.„„„:  f™'  ^  'T  ^  T"'"""''  ^'-'S'^."  »-'«l,  and  Mr. 
.0  the  eastward,  ^Tiddl  ll^d  "f  "  ""  "  '""""  '""■'  "^  »»"■-  ''>"* 
years  a  favonte  place  tbr'icl  h  '"''""''  "'  '""^  --»■  "^  '■>'  many 
can  Side,  Witlun'a  JTea  ;  ,tb"  '  """"  "  ^''°'"'  '"^  «"'  ^-• 
Of  incipient  town.  proKahi:™  i^.etlT"''  "  ^  "'""'  °'  '*""■  "  '"'' 
It  is  known  as  -  Fremont  pJZm72  Z  7'  ,  ,"  """"  °"  -""  ""'• 
from  a  dist.ince  every  year- but  w    1  '  ""'■"^"t*^  by  many 

or  management.  '  "  ''"''  ""  "^"'""«'»'  -  «"  '*»  organic  J 


Buck  Island," 
he  next  large 
extreme  north 
is  liere  called 
'  on  which  is 
ntreal,  which 

by  parties  of 
;es  owned  by 
iie  maps  have 
to.  which  we 
shape  of  tJie 
il  island  and 
3tern  States. 
it  half  a  mile 
sland  called 
re  soon  pass 
'.  Haanel,  of 

of  Victoria 
left,  known 
immer  place 

and  below, 
'rom  whom 
the  narrow 

look  away 
able  island 
ad."  It  has 
lite,  which 
Aberdeen  " 
this  island 

Montreal, 
f  probably 
he  product 
or  sort  of 
ananoque, 
i  at  a  little 
me  van,  of 
I,  and  Mr. 
tne.     Just 
for  many 
le  Ameri- 
rt,  a  sort 
our  side. 
t>y  many 
inization 


58 

glim,«,  „f  the  three  ligj„.|„„„„  „,,,,  '''"'''•"  «  '"t"'  occa»ional 

tion  through  ,h,  recount JZnll'r''''  '°""  ""'  «""'»"''«  «'  -a-iga. 

the  narro,  .trait.  In  a  manner  X"  ?  °"  '"  ""^-  ""'  '"'"*  """"^ 

»er«  ,.  a  we,,  «„ed  ehJnne,    rt;:'     "'*'''""' '^'«"™-<' ■« 

narrow,  has    Bufflcienl    water    to    fl    7     ,?'''     '°  '''"""'  '»  exceedmBly 

oun,.    The  funding,  marked  on  the     ,  !!     '^   """"^    ''''*'"  ^•^''  t^n 

feet.    B„t  i,  U  e.,ceeding,/j,;^'"  ^T.""  ''"^  '""'^•"^^  '°  «% 

then  sttulgM  ahead,  then   a^tZ'  ft       ""'  "^'"'  ""^  '»  «■=  ««' 

terriWj.  d.-,ngeron,,  were  we   not  1  ,„    "i    ,  '  "'""'   ""'^^   *«  '^- 

admi^ion    of  the  ever-ohl  "nl  Ta„d  "'  '"  '"'^'  °"  *  'n  our 

newe^tureaof  ,„veh„e,s  "Cuvwetr        ""  "'  """  '""  — '^ 
Of  Oana„o,„e,  o,  „h„,e  ^' :    Z^^J'"  ""^"^  ^»^  ^n  front 

...n.p.«  ,«tween  the  .,and.  and  make  a  H^TcZlT^'"'-' 


GANANOQUE 


is  the  nearest  Canadian  town  „f  „„,.  ,,„  ,„  ,. 
Wand,.    It  i,  neariy  ^  ^l  .  ^'""  "^^  "  ""  '•'■"'"and 

Canton,  and  ten  or  twivTliir  rl    '  e    °  ,"""  '"  '  ""="'  ""'  '-» 
a  ferriage  of  nearlr  double  tl  M    ,T  ""T  '^'^  "'°'«''  "  ■■«!"'■■« 

Winding  pa,».,.e  made  „.    2;  ^TT  """"■   ""  ""™'"'  °'  ««' 

the  .nouth   of  a    river   beartJthe   "„  *^  '""°*     "  «  "'""W  at 

natnra,  di^hargefor  a  conJIht,:::  r:,;,':"    T  "■'  °''^' 
to  the  northward.     The  Eidean  Canal    w      ,  ^""^  """"  ■n"« 

Kingston  With  the  Ottawa,  d,:  rt  Te  w:  : 'fr'  ""  '^   "^^"^""^  =' 
use  of  it,  higher  levels   ,„  that  «„    ,  ™'"''  "'  """"  '°'-  the 

»on,d  he  if  it  received  „;  a  „  !?"  f  '"°'"'"''  ""'  »  '»'«»  as  it 
»umcient  tor  moving  a  consi  hieZ  mt  J  T.  '°  '"  "  "  ''°"'^"' 
osed  twice,  and  i,  emploved  for  flo, ,  ,  ?    """""°"-'--      ■"«  -ater  is 

varion,  p„r,»ses  of  manufalt  cW  rof'lf"'  """'  °°"  "'"'  '"'  "» 
fnrnitureand  various  hardware  splt  Zl  '"™°""""  '""""""'-»■ 
are  situated  in  the  village  above  whT  «  '  """"  »"'  *"«  'alls 

with  only  one  other  porte  ^LI  V  "  *"""  ''  °"^'«''*  '<"■«», 
Which  are  its  soutees  of  ^Iv  T.  IT  1"^  '"  """"  "'  ""'  ""<- 
are  often  visited  bv  spor.su  n  fr        ,.     ",  ""'"'*  "■""  ^"o  ""^S 

- -.  Of  g.at  La;-—-  rrh-rid— 
.rr  Cstt  :r ;— f  r-r  ^-^^^ 

etfort   to   direct  attention  to      '"■  Z    7   ""    '^''   "°    '""^'-'' 
aPo«»enwh„   f«.uent  its  w-aters  ^1^  r^rZ:    c^ot 


S4 

Alexandria  Bay  and  other  places  on  tlu>  American  side.  The  main  line 
of  tlie  Grand  Trunk  Railway  pasHes  alMUit  two-and-one-lialf  miles  north, 
but  has  a  branch  to  the  town  atul  a  station  immediately  on  the  wharf 
at  which  we  land.  The  principal  business  access  has,  however,  hitherto 
been  by  the  steamboats  navigating;  Lalie  Ontario,  whidi  call  here  on  the 
passage  up  or  down  the  river. 

Leaving  Gananocpie  our  course  is  at  tirst  over  a  considerable  stretch  of 
open  water,  across  which  the  Gananoijue  channel,  so  called,  is  marked  by 
a  light-house  and  beacon,  known  as  "Jack  Straw."  These  serve  both  to 
mark  liidden  shoalS  and  as  a  guiile  for  the  egress  of  the  navigator  across 
and  out  of  the  apparently  land-locked  sheet  of  water  which  stretches 
away  on  both  sides.  After  passing  between  the  light  and  b(>acon,  our 
boat  leaves  the  usual  channel,  vvliich  we  can  see  marked  by  another 
light  off  to  the  right,  and  plunges  into  the  depth  of 

HAIvSTEAD'S   BAY, 

from  which  seemmgly  there  is  no  outlet,  being  to  all  appearances  com- 
pletely shut  in.  When,  after  pa.ssing  dangerously  near  .some  small  rocky 
islets,  we  seem  within  a  few  rods  of  landing  upon  a  low  rocky  point 
directly  m  front,  a  suddon  turn  to  the  right  opens  a  straight  but  narrow 
estuary  along  which  we  obtain  a  clear  view  a  mile  or  more  directly 
ahead.  What  had  before  appeared  in  a  solid  mass  as  a  continuous  point 
of  the  main-land,  melts  into  an  island  cluster,  among  which,  as  wo 
progress,  we  catch  glimpses  of  varied  and  intricate  channels  in  every 
direction.  From  the  contracted  channel  along  which  we  now  sail,  other 
passages  open  and  mingle  in  a  labyrinth  seemingly  almost  interminable. 
Once  almost  grazing  a  round  rock  that  rises  on  our  left,  much  in  the 
shape  of  a  haycock,  and  not  much  larger,  we  almost  instinctively  listen 
for  the  shock  of  the  boat  striking  as  she  passes.  But  our  course  is 
straight  on,  though  in  a  channel  often  exceedingly  narrow,  but  almost 
as  direct  as  a  surveyor's  line,  till  finally  emerging  from  a  strait  between 
two  high  rocks,  where  one  could  easily  toss  a  pebble  to  either  shore,  we 
enter  the  more  open  and  usual  channel  where  a  sharp  turn  to  tlie  left 
shows  us  a  light-house  about  two  miles  ahead,  a  wide  stretch  of  water 
dotted  with  islands  all  about,  but  no  visil)le  opening  through  the  forest- 
covered,  rock-bound  land,  which  to  all  appearance  completely  blocks  the 
way.  Wells  Island  lies  to  the  right,  the  Canada  main  on  the  left,  on  both 
of  which  a  few  scattered  farm-houses  and  fenced  fields  betoken  partial 
cultivation.  Just  before  reaching  the  light-house  a  little  cluster  of  islands 
appear  on  the  right,  and  just  past  this  the  shore  of  Wells  Island  rapidly 
recedes  and  appears  to  meet  the  land  from  below  at  an  exceedingly 
rocky  and  precipitous  part  near  the  end  of  a  narrow  bay.  No  definite 
opening  is  here  visible  in  that  direction,  but  a  reference  to  the  map  shows 
a  narrow  passage,  which  is  really  not  more  than  a  man's  long  leap 
across.    It  is  the  "  Inlet  to  the  Lake  of  the  Island,"  down  which  the  water 


•".It  vvtii  on.  end  ..«..  .n  Canada  and  tl,o  State  of  New  York,  and  not 
-  a   ve.y    lar,.  nnl,    either.      The  n.a.uifieen.    ..UHter    in   £..;  and   o 
both  sule.  >s  c,onsi.lered  one  of  the  finest,    if  not  the   very   Hnest.   in   the 
St.  Lawrence.     The  .shu.d.s  are  generally  well  wooded,  and  you   will  think 
the.a  gen.  of  the  first   water.     The  entire  Cana.la  water  at  thin  j.int  t 
not  much  n.ore  than  a  nule  in   hreadth  and  gradually  contracts  for  ahout 
c>ne-an.l-a-half  ufiles  to  le.ss  than  half  a  mile,  and   in  that  space  are  ahou 
-ghty    .slan,lH.    some    of    which  are  of    considerable    size    and    in    partial 
cult.vat..n        They  seen,  as  if    placed    here    for    the    express    pnrpil   ^ 
damnmg    the    stream    an.l    disputing    the  pa,ssage    of    the    water/which 
h.>wever,   finds  its  way   ia   many   narrow  and  intricate  passages,  generally 
with  a  rapid  and  eddying  current  to  the  open  water  below.    From  the  broad 


INLET  TO  LAKE  OP  THE  ISLAND. 


Channel    in    which    we    have    been    sailing   we   enter  a   narrow  pass    of 
troubled   waters,  between  the  beetling   bluffs  of  "Ash  Island  -  and   Lvndoe 
Light-house,  situate  on   a  small  island  of  not  more   than  one   acre.  '    Our 
way    is    for     a    short    space    between    these    almost    perpendicular   ro<;ks, 
cnnvned  with  forest  growth  on  one  side   and  islands  of  the  greenest  and 
freshest  foliage  on  the  other,     A  little   white  cottage,  the  residence  of  the 
hghfc  keeper,  shows  itself  like  an  apparition  and  vanishes  like  magic.      We 
catch  glimpses  of   little  spots   of   beauty   whic-h  change  and  are  renewed 
hke  the  pictures  of  a  kaleidoscope.     A  mile  of  such  sailing  from  the  li-  ht- 
house,    and    the    boat   swings    again    to    the  right    and    enters  a    narrow 
strait,  wheuco  for  a  moment   she  emerges    at  the  end  of    a  broad  sheet, 
bounded  by  islands  which  are  cvered  by  a  forest  growth  of  the  greenest 


5U 
verdure,  but  only  immediately  with  another  «harp  turn  in  the  contrary 
d.rect.on  to  enter  with  the  «eethi..K  current  into  another  and  narrowed 
strait  where  you  are  almost  startled  with  the  appearance  of  a  little 
island  r.Kht  under  the  .k,w.  past  which  the  water  is  ruslung  as  from  a 
broken  mill  dam.     This  is  the  vicinity  of  the 

FIDDLER'S  BLBOW, 

probably  so  called  from  the  sudden  and  rapid  turns  necessary  to  its 
nav,,at,on.  although  there  is  a  tradition  that  on  some  fine  summer 
afternoons  the  sweet  sounds  of  a  violin  have  been  heard,  and  some  keen 
eyed  saght-seers  have  even  pretended  to  discern  the  appearance  of  an  o,d  ml 
h  somethmg  hat  l.,ked  like  a  fiddle,  accompanied  by  a  small  b<,v.  Ta 
chtr  a    the  head  of   an  island  upon  which  it  is  known  that  a  light'-house 

thTli  ft  H  """'  ^''"'"  ''  •"  ^'^  ^''-*  "^  --  '^«P-*^^  'eepe" 

he    hght-house,  or    musical    genius  who  ,uay   formerly   have   presided  a 

the  rura  merr,-makings  of  the  neighborluKKl,  or  a  creature  of  ver  tabl 
flesh  and  blood,  no  one  seems  able  to  give  any  accomat.  n,e  lo^alt 
however.  .  probably  more  celebrated  for  its  marvelous  lovelinesHhan 
any  other  ^rt.on  of  the  St.  Lawrence.  Its  numerous  and  intr"  te 
channels  and  ludden  recesses  are  only  known  to  the  most  expired 
boatmen  and  fishennen.  It  was  Capt.  Visger,  we  believe,  who  fi  s  gave 
this  particular  part  of  his  trip  the  name  of  the  ^ 

I.OST   CHANNEL. 

What  particular  ijrivate  informaUmi   M,u    ..„,  *  • 

■4.    r  "formation  the    captain  may    have   nossessprl    r,f 

o  .to  ,«  „^„eh,  after  l„n«  „,^a,eh.  we  have  Covered  „  i„  Ta^^ 
of  the  celebrated  vojage  of  Captain  Ja.per  Western  wh!  ! 
pa»»a  through  it  u,  the  noted  expedition '„,  iTZ^-^^JroJ"' 
or  the  relief  of  the  log  tort  that  .a,  hidden  a,„onr. he  ^^7t 
back  a,  the  time  of  the  "Pathhader  ■  In  the  old  /rench  wlr  ,  .f 
particular,  of  which,  with  the  account  of  i,     ,  '       '   ""■ 

■-.  Of  :  dla„»  under  the  renZrKl:  t::'ul  :": 

-c-i  B^  rrtrtn— r"-  °' "-  ^^^  -'  -- 

re,nemher«i  h.    th»e  fanriliartl  [hoi  ,Ir'r".''°°T    "  ""'  '" 
after  the  re-canture   whiH,  „  veraciou,  chronicles  that 

.or«ertf  :i:vrr::r:tt  :;:::i  .rrv—  - 

all  knowledge  of  the  proper  appr,«.chea  wa.  pnrlelv  Tol  a,  1  ""'  "" 
it  1-  never  since  been  di«,„vered  till  C^lrl; '',"■'' '™'" 
exploration  of  all  the  hidden    recesses  of  tW  J  T      '°         '""  "" 

Of  his  passengers,  searched  it  0:71.  Tj^T^'  t  J1  T*^"™ 
that  the    hlock-houop    f.,^    „      ,    ,  ,     vvanderer.      It  is  almost  certain 

'  '    ^""^   '^"^*   ^'^'^  ^«"    somewhere  in    this   vicinity. 


from  the  rer,  .uBicien.  r,™„„  ,h„,  „„  „,„„  ,.  „  ^, 
..a  h,r„   ,  ,.  c.,rta,„  ,1,„.  „„,.,„.  tl,.  F«.„.h  captain  „„r  ,ren  hi.  loj  J 
an.  M„,r  „„  E„gU,h  ,,«„„  „„„  „,,„,„j„„i„,  „,„  „,„„„„  ^       ^^  ™ 
wZ.         T"*  "  "  '""  ^""^   ""'    '--''  !"-  ■■""'«*        I- 

1  .TT  '","T°"" '"  ""■  """^- " '" '» •«  ''«..t;«d  that: 

amon  ,t    of  «.«,„.„    h„a  ,,.,   ate„v„ed    lh„    r„,„.   „,    ,„„    ,       for,    or 

Moateur  antiquanan..  where  more  minute  re«..r„h™  might  he  a»  amply 
rewarded  aa  ..re  tho«  „t  J„„,,„„„  oldenhnck  In  hi.  famous  e.plorat  I 
Of  the  Kami  of  KinpruneM.* 

As  we  emerge  fro,„   the  cluster   of   the   •'Fiddler's  Elbow."  we   come 

Ba^  ZT  '^y^'^^^'^'^^^^'  L'«'^t-'--e.  the  same  .seen  at  Alexandria 
Bay  be  ore  startmg.     A  few  hou«e«  and  fences  are  to  be  seen  upon  the 

wi;  i  ?'  '"•;; ''' ''-''  "^'"^'^•'•"  ^^'-^  ^'  '^^  ^^«^^*'  ^"*  ">«  -^' 

Ont  -7  :"  "'  ""  ''"•  "  "'^'•^  '-^"^  •"  '"^"-^  1^'--  precipitous. 
Only  a  single  house  with  a  dock  on  which  is  piled   wood,  readv  corded, 

for  s.Ue  to  passing  steamers,  relieves  the  almost  unbroken  wilderness 
shore.  Just  below  this,  which  is  known  as  Darling's  wharf,  the  captain, 
If  the  day  is  sufflcientlj  quiet,  will  let  you  hear  a  very  distinct  and 
distant  echo,  pro.luced  evidently  by  the  return  of  the  sound  of  his  whistle 
from  the  perpendicular  rock  just  opjjosite. 

Along  down  this  usual  Canadian  channel,  past  both  La  Rue  and  Club 
Islands,  some  signs  are  manifest  of  the  cultivation  of  the  land  in  small 
patches  between  the  rcK,ks  on  both  sides  of  us.  Swinging  .short  around 
the  foot  of  Club  Island,  in  front  of  a  little  Canadian  hamlet,  v.vy  appro- 
pnately  named  Rcx^kport,  we  soon  leave  Canadian  waters,  and  catch  a 
view  of  several  cottages  and  the  hotel  on 


WESTMINSTER    PARK, 

at  whose  d.K-k   we  make  our  last  landing   before  returning  to  Alexandria 

Bay.    The  name  is  at  once  suggestive  of  something  Presbvterian,  but  we 

can  assure    th.-    reader  that  there    is  nothing    unpleasantly     "blue"  about 

thi.s    park.       The  association    was    formed    principally    bv    gentlemen    in 

sympathy  with  the    Presbyterian  church,    but  its  gates  are  always  freely 

wide  open  to  every  one.    The  organization  was  formally  eflfected  and  land 

purchased  in  Septemljer.  1877,  and  during  the  fall  of  that  year  work  was 

commenced  in    clearing  and  oi)ening    avenues    through    the    dense    forest 

growth  which  covered  a  large  part  of  the  grounds.     Lots  were  laid  out  and  a 

considerable  number    sold  in  the    spring  of  1878.   at    which  time  a  liotsi 

♦Scott's  "Antiquary."' 


fl8 
mur  uirt  in  um  way  ot  inuugunitiiig 


Schol   convention    for  a  w«.t  h.,!        .  "°"*'  ""'y  »  S>"i<lay 

<-.■  .ather   „„«,„  I,    rXi.      T        1       "   '"   "™'      ^"«  '"""- 
who  „«ire,  ,na>   ,i„.l    Z  11,     '  "'"■"■"  ""''"'"■"'»  '"'1  *■"»-. 

™....e.  or  ..i  .ro„r  re:.;::  'zl:'".:"-,'-;  ""-  '- 

e.™«»  „„  a.  „.na  for  .„».  „.„„  „,,re  rr,,.:  "'    '"""™" 

■».»i«,r:;t';;;;:rrT,,r:^'rr'-^"~'  ""^'^-"^  -  "-•■'•■.'  "■» 

concha*  .ari,,,  ,„,  „„  h7„;     ',™:;  ;]    '-'  »-  -«"  in  „■„, 
ha.  b«.„    ,.o„>,i,leral,l,,  »„|i,|   „,„,  '       "'  "'  •■■"■■■■'  '•*'«■    The  growth 

»en.  of   ,„e   ,„,„.,:   i»   ;.;;"     "  ..^n    TT''  ^'    "°'"    '"'  ''™" 
improve„,enu,  were  more  ^neentrater  I        »     ™^  °   *''""™  ""  "    "'» 

PO„n,a.ion  of  ..era,  h^are.,  .nrin,  ^.r':Z:'"^Zj: 


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'■^tm^ikkt^* 


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iKuratin^ 


30 


Imvc  liirm'  faith  fhiit  tl 
In   itH  iiutmal  IVatun 


<H   iH  yot  to 


thr  Park  of  tlH>  ThouHuiul  Inlandh 


'H,  UJitl  thf  KH'at   varii'ty  of  its  surf 
niich 


u't.\  iiiiii   Hoemirv, 


it  IS  thuuKht  l.y  Komo  n.nch  to  reHcmbh  .....  ^„.„,  ,  ,,„ra>  nitK  or  a.w 
\ork  City,  hut  th..  lufKc  drcuit  of  its  water  boundary,  an.l  tho  ^rrater 
he.Kht  .,f  ,tH  c.minunc..s  an.l  r,x;ky  precipices,  with  the  Kreat  extent  an.l 
variety  of  its  natural  for.>Ht  growth,  give  it  the  aavaiitageH  of  mingkHl 
and  vanouH  views   of  land,   water  an.l    foliage  nowhere  .-Lie  t.)    U*    s.vn 


unday 

aisteea 
nilies, 
)m  to 
irjjose 

|)  the 
every 
owth 

great 
the 

?11CI'3 

ite  a 
stees 


except  among  the  Thousan.l  Islan.la  of 
the  St.  Lawrence.  While  the  boat 
lies  a  few  minutes  at  the  dock,  we 
may  get  a  glimpse  of  sorue  of  the 
cottages  embowered  among  the  trees, 
but  to  fully  explore  them  jill  needs 
a  day  or  at  least  several  hours,  when  as 
we  walk  or  ride,  each  new  turn  will 
reveal  new  and  different  phases  of 
natural   loveliness. 

Leaving  the  dock  at  Westmins*^»'r 
Park  our  course  is  at  first  along 
its  northerly  shore,  a  rocky  bluff  of  some  forty  or  fifty  feet  in  height, 
upon  whose  summit  may  be  seen  some  elegant  resiliences  but  half  hidden 
in  the  forest  which  crowns  it.  Instead  of  doubling  the  ca])e  at  the  foot 
of  Wells  Island,  and  turning  directly  toward  Alexandria  Bay,  as  was  done 
in  former  years  by  the  old  "Wanderer,"  the  route  is  now  prolonged  bv 
continuing  downi  among  s.ime  small  islands  belonging  to  Canada,  till  we 
pass  in  front  of  th.!  high  and  precipitous  nx^ks  of  ■ '  Old  Bluff  "'  from 
whose  summit,  on  a  clear  day,  at  least  sixty  different  islands  are  visible 
and  may   be    counted   by    any    one  sufficiently    familiar    with   the    river 


60 

"THE   CHAIN,'' 

tho  1  f.  Grenadier  Light-house,  ^^ithin  a  few  hundred  v-irds  «f 

sons  of  the  late  Asa  F^W  •,     .     ,  ^^"^  Packer,* 

left  "A,x>ad,a."  ,vi,,.  a  house  „„  W^        °  H  .,    !    ^  '*'"'"■"     °-"  "■' 

island  of  tlie  cteter     Thi.    ,  T  ^  -Summer  Land,"  the  largest 

cteter.    This,  which  contain,  about  fifteen  acres,  has  Ln 


HAYDENS, 

contemplation.     Bm  most   o    ,1 1  "°"°°'"'   ""^    ""«  '"e  1" 

Wing  the  main  c,Z:,,lr„:  Tt  ^rtrotThet  t"  '"  '^'""■' 
up  on  this  side.  *"^  '^"'^*   ^s  we  pass 

'  Idlewild,"  between   which  and  <'  T  iffi.  t    i  •      ,- 
Mrs.  R.  H.  Eggleston,  of  New  Zt     Ttltft      "  '""  ^^  °^^"^'  "'^' 
"Lotus  land,"  >.  Douglass-'  nnd   '.  Deer        rard      V  '"'  ""'  "^  '^'^^^ 
~"^^    Both  th  ^'    ^'■'**    ^'^'    '^    «™«" 

oocup^Ke.*^-  — n  „.  no.  Ueeeasea.  b„e  the.  .«„.„,«  continue  to  own  and 


to  the  east- 


American 
'd  yards  at 
n  improved 
mes.      Tlie 
t  Packer,* 
lilroad  and 
1   interests 
3se  gentle- 
'ir  islands, 
on    bridge 
m    yachts 
thousand 
On  tlie 
wned    by 
le  largest 
has  been 


N.  Y,, 

are  in 

island 

e  j)ass 

led  by 

have 

small 

wn  and 


61 

slrfortv''''^;!  '""""  *''  '"'"^  ""''  unimproved.   Deer  Island  being 
some  torty  or  fifty  acres  in  extent 

At   the    right    we    pass    successively    -Proctor"  and   "Little    F.aud  " 
each  with  a  small  cottage.    Above  these,  and  vorv  near  the  last,  is  "  Fairy- 

stns  of  r  /  T  "o  ""'  *--*^--'  -  -Wch  the  Haydens,  father  and 
sons  of  Columbus,  O.,  have  made  and  are  constantly  adding  to  improve- 
ments upon  their  summer  homes,  of  an  extent  and  variety  nowhere  else 
surpassed  na  tins  vicinity.      Three  fine  residences  front  the  water,   whose 

wrrm^r,'""  'r  ^'""""'  ^"*'  ^^  ""^^""^  ^^^^^  ---lat  an  expense 
^^hlch  must  have  already  reached  far  into  the  thousands.     Boat-houses  and 

other  conveniences  for  the  enjoyment  of  life  upon  the  river   are  bv   tne 
waterside,   while  a  fine  tower    for    outlook,    surmounted    by    a    flag-stafT 
crowns  the  summit,  and  windmills    raise    the  water   from  the    rVer  into 
tanks    whence  it   is    distributed    for    irrigating  lawns,   and    the  supply  of 
every  conceivable  want. 

Om-  trip  now  draws  to  a  close.     We  pass  near  the  foot  of  an  island 
formerly    known    here  as    Steamboat    Island,  on    which  for  several    years 
stood  a  small  hunting  and  fisliing  lodge,  owned  by  A.  E.  Hume,  Esq    an 
English  gentleman  of    leisure  and  sporting  taste,    who  was  said    to  have 
been   formerly    engaged    in   business,   at    Charleston,   S.   C,   but    who    for 
several  years  almost    made  his  home  in  the  vicinity  of  Alexandria  Bay 
He  called  the  island   '-Plantaganet  "    But  in  1883  the  hunting  lodge  gave 
place  to  a  more  pretentious  erection.     The  island  was  sold  to  Judge  Chas 
Donaliue,   of    Brooklyn,   N.   Y.,  who    has    made    the    most    extensive  and 
elaborate    improvements  in  grading,  and  erected    a  large    house    with  all 
the    modern    conveniences,    finished     throughout     in    a    style    second    in 
beauty  to  none,  for  a  summer  residence  of  the  best  class.    Judge  Donahue 
has  also,  we  believe,  baptized  the  islan.l  with  the  name  of  St.  John's. 

Shortly  beyond    this  we    pass  quite  near  enough  for  a  gootl  view  of 
"Manhattan,"  Judge  Spencer's  elegant  summer   home,  before  referred  to. 
We  obtain  a  di.^tant  view  of  "Long  Branch,"  owned    by  Mrs.   Clarke,  of 
Watertown,  who  visits  and  entertains  hosts  of  friends  here,  and  nearer^  of 
"  Point  Marguerite,"  the  summer  place  of    E.  Anthony.  Esq.*     The  latter 
gentleman  has  about  twenty  acres  of  land  lying  contiguous  to  the  shore, 
where    he  indulges  his  taste  for  country    life  in  directing  tlie   cultivation 
of  garden  and  groimds.     He  is,  however,  better  known  among  photographic 
and  picture  men  as   an  early  discoverer  andd successful    operator  in  pho- 
tography, and  edits  a  monthly  journal  devoid  to  it.    He  probably  made 
some    of   the  first,   perhaps  the  very  first  sun  pictures    ever    produced  in 
America.      He  is  now  the  head  of  the  oldest  and  most  extensive  house  in 
the  country  for  the  supply  of  instruments  and  materials  to  that  line  of  art. 
Just    above  Mr.   Anthony's  place,  a  large  and  handsome    house    Avith 
corresjMindiug  i„ip,.<.vf.m«.ntP,  built  in    188r,.  is    understood  to  belong  to  C. 
L   Hudson,  Esq.,  a  broker  in  New  York   City,  and  is  called  "The  Ledges." 
•Died  in  1S88. 


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Castrri'  T     "   '"'*'"""  ^"'    ^^^^^'^  -  ^--*  «^  Bonnie 

Castk    landmg  ,n  goocl  time,  and  with  an  appetite  sharpened  for  supper 
by  the  bracing  and  life-giving  breezes  of  the  St.  Lawrence. 

The  trip  has    given  us  all  a  rare  and  inexpensive   treat,  not  soon  to 


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THE  LARGEST  FAMILY  HOTEL  OF 
THE  UPPER  ST.  LAWRENCE 

RIVER. 


RECENTLY  ADDED  MANY  IMPROVEMENTS: 
NEW  BATH-ROOMS, 
ELECTRIC  LIGHTS  THROUGHOUT  THE  HOUSE 
BEST  ACCOMMODATIONS  pop  BOATING  *no  nsHING. 
FIRST-CLASS  ORCHESTRA  DAILY. 
FINEST  FRENCH  COOKING. 


MR.  JOSEPH    DORSEY,    FORMERLY   FROM   »,p.,,„ , 

BALTIMORE,  WILL  HAVE  THE  GENERAL  SUPERVISION. 


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vator,   bath-rooms    with   hot T^h         .j'"*^-     ^^    contains    an    ele- 
and  lighted  through"u;wuj,"Gl"        ^^'^^    "^    ^^^^'^    "°"^' 


TORv  t/Vn  ^!ij""^^'^«t«^    Circular   containing  a  SHORT  HIS- 
TORY  of  the  Thousand    Islands.    Address, 

C.  CROSSMON  &  SON,  Alexandria  Bay,  n.  Y. 


"THE    FRONTENAC," 


On  Round  Island.  Si.  Lawrence  River, 
Two  miUsfrom   Clayton.  JEFFERSON  COUNTY,   N.   Y. 

It  is  one  of  the  best  appointed,  mos7  convenient  and 
comfortable  of   summer  hotels;  has  all  modern    conven- 
iences an  elevator,  wide  halls,  high  ceilings,  large  rooms 
steam  heat;  hard-wood  floors  in  parlors  for  dancing 

Every  room  in  the  house  commands  a  pleasing  view  of 
the  nver.  Much  of  the  best  fishing  is  found  in  the 
immediate  vicinity. 

Bowling,  billiards,  tennis  courts,  etc.    Music  throughout 

ailr"rt\r  ^""  °"'."^"'      ^^'^^^^P^'  expresf  and 
railroad  t.cket  offices  and  post-office  on  the  premises. 

Se™  bX"   ^"'    "^''''   "^'    ""^^'^    °P^"   ^^-"^-'^-^ 
■    For  information,  rates,  plan  of  rooms,  etc.,  address  : 

J.   W.  ALMY,   Manager, 

Frontenac,  Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y. 

_      Parties  ,,i,kin.  to  pur.Juue  Lois  or  n'ut  C^a^es,  ,vill  receive  f-ll 
tnformatton  from  J.   P.  SNIDER,   SuPEUiNTENBEN-k  "''"'" -^^^^ 


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Central  Park  Hotel 

Thousand  Islands,  St.  Lawrence  RiYer. 


m  m  SHOULD  STOP  JT  CEIITRIL  Ml,  1000  ISLMOS. 

other  [lomt  (in  the  rjvcr.  ^         "smnt  ami  sater  H.iaiin(;  and  Bathinc;  than  any 

the  c'ountTy'  ^'"■'^  ""' ''  '"''■"•  '^"^""'^^' '"  «'>'^  '"•■''"'''"'',  giving  opportunity  for  pleasant  drives  in 
mudl'nor  .T.'drJ'wmh^r  w7th  lust":  "  '"'^"  ""'"'  """^"'^'-  ^^'  ^  ^^'"V'  Vou  are  never  troubled  .vith 
fron?  a  str^.r^tlr'thri^l;'""  "^"'^"^''  '^  «^^'-'^"-'  -"  ''«  Watkk  S,:..A.v  D.aww 
adj,:;;'„g':::^^'L2^':l^W'"^'  Sl^'"''  ^"^  =>"  "-  -->""  i-provements,  and.  with  eottages 
^^■^s:^t.^^'^^tr^ti^l^^^^^  S'-.WAVs.  etc.,  are  absolutely 

.aw^t,nt:;?^,a^Ic.;';;;l^r„-[]:i^;^-  ^  ^-r  the  season,  and  dancing. 

Qth.    The  table  will  be  supplied  with  all  the  delicacies  of  the  season,  and  well  served 
loth.    The  rates  are  $2.1x1  to  $2.=,,  per  dav  or  •Str,  ,v,  .r>«  . 

Reduced  rates  for  June  and  September.     Onc-ha  f  rates  for  ?hnH;.^''n .!'/*'''■  ^'-■=°'-d!"B  t"  rooms, 
telephone  offices  in  the  hotel.  ^"^ '"i"  rates  lor  children  and  nurses.    Telegraph  and 


CENTRAL  PARK  ASSOCIATION. 


B.  B.  Tac.(;akt,  President. 

O.  G.  Staples.  Vice-I'resident, 
J.  At\vi:i.l,  Ji;..  Secretary, 

S.  T.  WooLwoKTH,  Treasurer, 

Executive 

Committee. 


S.  T.  Wool 

W.    G.  Wll.I.IAMS,  i 

Sidney  Cooiek,    V 
N.  H.  Smith,        ( 


Address, 

H.  K   INOI^EHART, 

P-  O,,  Alexandria  Bay,  N.  Y. 


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(^or^u/all  Brotl7er5* 

TICKET  aSSjVC^, 


Alexandria    Bay,   N.  Y. 

a.  John.  ,„,„„„„,  B„,„.„,  WhU.  M,.u„,ai„.,  Lake,  Cha„plai„  and  G.or. 
.Sara,„Ka,  New  Y,„k,  .„„  „,,„„  ^^^,  __  P 


fax, 
George, 


I^OWEST    EXCURSION    RATES. 


Secure  Your  Tickets  Before  Takin,  the  Steamers,  and  Save  DIflerence 
IJetwecii  Local  and  Excursion  Rates. 


OFFICE     AT 


STONE  STORE,  STEAMERS'  LANDING, 


Also  Agents  of  American    E 


XiJress   Company, 


AND   DEALERS   IN 


FlsMng  Tackle,  Camp,  Island  and  General  Hercftandlse. 


steamer    'NEW  ISLAND  WANDERER" 


1'  M. 


DISTANCES   FROM   ALEXANDRIA   BAY. 

To  Niagrara  Falls    . . 

Montreal         

WatLTtown.  

Otiawa •.■.; -^^       . 

White  iMountains       ^        . 

Portland ^ 

Saratoga,  via  Montreal. '.'.'..'. '*.V      ■ 


■50  miles       To  Osvvc«o 

";7      ,.  New  York,  via  MontreAi:.-.'.-:.-' ' '^^  ".'!" 

Plattsburg,  via  Montreal  " ..:'1  .'. 

Uuebec •  ^^  ,, 

Albany,  via  Montreal." '.'..'. ^,'il  .. 

Boston,  via  Portland ."  1 ...  647  " 


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U/estminster  Park  j\mu 


Westinirixter    Park: 


opposite 


Alexandria    Bay. 


TJARPER'S  MAGAZINE.  Sept.,  i88i,  says:  "  Finest  location  in  the  Thousand 
11     Islands."     This   spacious  Hotel    is  situated  on  the   beautiful   bay   near 
the  entrance  to  the  wonderful  "  Lake  of  the  Island;"  lately  refurnished 
throu,rhout  with  new  furniture.     The  hotel  is  250  feet  long,  four  stories  high 
with  broad  Verandas,  spacious  Parlors  and  Dining-rooms;  is   connected  with 
Alexandria  Ray  by   ferry    every   thirty   minutes.     Rowling,  billiards,  croquet 
lawn  tennis  and  other  amusements.     Roats,  fishing  tackle,  cots,  hammocks' 
etc.,  for  sale  or  rent.     Terms:  I2.00  to  $3.00  per  day;  special  rates  to  families 
and  parties.     Address 

H.  F.  INGLEHART,  Proprietor. 


Westminster  Park, 


ALEXANDRIA    BAY.    N.  Y. 


70 


I^JLR 


JIDEN   Hours 

Alexandria  Bay,  N.  Y. 


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I'Ki'R^' 


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^^  G.   A.    MARSDEN,    PROPRIETOR. 


f^EVERE  f^OUSE, 

BROCKVIU.E,  ONT. 


■gNLARGED.  refurnishc.l.  and  lighted  throuKhout  with  Incandescent  Lights 
and  furnished  with  all  modern  improvements  found  in  best  Hotels. 
Eighteen  miles  from  Charleston  Lake,  the  home  of  Black  Bass  and 
Salmon  Trout.  Fishing  parties  will  find  the  Revere  a  good  place  to  stop 
at.   and   all    necessary   information    given    that    will    insure   good    sport. 

JOHN   C.    BANN,   Proprietor. 


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ST.  LAWRENCE  HOTEL 


ALEXANDRIA  BAY.  JEFFERSON  CO.,  N.  Y 


m%ST-cxj.A.ss  $a.oo  .^  3D.A."y  isotjsb. 


Good  accommodations  for  Com- 
mercial Travelers.  Special  atten- 
tion given  to  Summer  Tourist  and 
Fishing  I'arties;  the  best  of  men, 
boats  and  tackle  always  on  hand. 
Good  and  commodious  barns  at- 
tached. 

FRED.  D   HOWELL, 

PROPNICTOR. 


THOUSAN')   'SLANDS. 


River  St.  Lawrence. 


The  New  Windsor, 


liV.   I*.   n.X'WVM,   SlaiiaKer. 


Clayton, 


New  York. 


Good  Hoai.    nmf  Experienced  Oarsmen. 


This  Hotel  has  been  newly  rebuilt  and  furnished  throughout  ,  is  located 
centrally,  with  magnificent  river  frontage,  withia  fifty  feet  of  the  St.  Lawrence, 
affording  beautiful  views  of  the  River  and  Islands  from  its  verandas.  Is 
guarded  .ag.iiriRt  fire,  .-ir,.-!  is  supplied  with  hot  and  cold  waiter.  Tourists  and 
pleasure  seekers  will  find  this  a  first-class  Hotel. 


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ftousand  Island  Parl^  jfotel. 


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Tfe  most  central  mi  pleisantl)  situateJ  «otel  on  the  Biier  St,  Lawrente, 


varied  «ce„ery  of  tho  surrouuai.reoL  ir  can  h«  rT^^T  ""'°'*  """'"'''  ^^  ^«"  *«  the 
modern  conveniences,  a«  Kas.  eSricI^S^'ba  1  ete     ir  J'"  """""^  '"  """'»«''  -'^»^  -» 

With  the  Krr:;itrarjcSrr^^^^^^^^ 

cally  Impossible  to  imperil  the  lives  of  m  in  ,S!  ^*  °^  "^  T"''''''- '""'"°»  "  P'»«"- 
lar^est  and  finest  in  the  countir.  Thelotel  ha^T.l  "•,  !''  '''""'«-™"'»  '«  one  of  the 
reasonable.    Table  board  furnished.  accommodafons  for  400  guests.     Rates 

FINE  FISHING  TO  BE  HAD  IN  THE  ViriwiTv 

A  boat  livery  is  connected  with  the  Park  wh  VICINITY. 

All  who  are  now  arrLXSr^hei^sn    ""'""''"'""*  ""'""'''^  *=*"  ""  '"""d  at  all  times 
stating  accommodations  re^^!    ZZT""""  '"^""""^  ""'  '"'''''''-''  »«  -'•''«  'or  ^^i 


S.  V.  WARNER 

THOUSAND  ISLAND  PARK, 


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NEW  YORK, 


T^?  River  St.  Cavureijo?  pi?a8ur?  Rout?. 

The  Richelieu  &  Ontario  Navigation  Company's 

ROYAL    MAIL    LINE    OF   STEAMERS    BETWEEN 

Toronto,  Montreal,  fiuebec  and  the  Saguenay  RiYer. 

Ovtn  1,000  MiLcs  Unocr  One  Manaocmcnt 


"  PASSPOIIT." 
"COKSHAN," 


<  H|>'      M  Siix'lair. 
Captttiii  IV ni.  Ada. 


"KI'ARTAN." 
"ALUKIIIAN," 


.      .    Oaptuin  tiarrett. 
.     .       Captain  flatten. 

i  'OMMENCING  MONDAY.  JUNE  2.  the  above  will  run  daily  (Sundays 
V.  excepted),  leaving  Montreal  at  lo.oo  a.m.  for  Toronto,  callinif  at  inter- 
mediate  ports;  and  on  and  after  June  2d,  until  September  15th  will 
leave  Toronto  for  Montreal  daily  (Sundays  excepted),  and  thereafter  to 
September  30th.  tn-weekly,  on  Mondays  Wednesdays  and  Fridays  at  2  p  m.- 
calling  at  Bowmanville,  Port  Hope,  Cobourg,  Kingston,  Clayton,  Round  Island.' 
Thousand  Island  Park,  Alexandria  Bay.  Brockville,  Prescott,  Cornwall- 
arriving  at  Montreaj  at  6.30  p.m.,  connecting  with  the  large  palatial  steamers 

"QIJEOpC"    and    "  MONTREAI-.** 

Lighted  throughoiit  wltjl^lectric  lights,  newly  renovated  ipd  rich.v  upholst- 
ered, furnished  with  all' the  modern  improvements  for  0ficed,  comfort  and 
safety,  and  replete  with  , every  luxury.  The  only  direct  dally  line  between 
Montreal  and  Quebec,  affording  travelers  a  full  night's  rest  in  elegant  and 
commodious  stat^oomf.  Leaving  Montreal  every  evetiing (Sundays  excepted) 
at  7.00  o  clock,  an^|-^rning  from  Quebec  at  5.00  p.na.,  calling  at  intermediate 
ports ;  arriving  at  Quebec  at  6.00  a  m.  Connecting  with  the  Intercolonial 
Kail  way  for  the  Maritime  Provinces,  and  with  the  Company's  maiinificent 
steamers 

*■  CANADA"    and    "UNION," 

Specially  outfitted  and  refurnished  throughout,  to  run  between  Quebec  and 
the  River_  Saguenay.  The  large  and  commodious  Bessemer  steel  steamer 
Canada  has  been  put  on  this  route,  and  will  aflford  tourists  unsurpassed 
accommodations;  thus  forming  one  of  the  longest  lines  of  Inland  Water 
Communication  on  the  Continent,  which,  for  variety  of  scenery,  cannot  be 
surpassed,  if  equaled,  in  the  world.  All  the  Rapids  of  the  River  St.  Lawrence 
are  run  under  tbe  guidance  of  old  and  experienced  pilots. 

11^"  Tickets   and   all    ir " 
Railways  and  Ticket  Offices 


information    may   be   obtained   from    the    principal 
c.  .,,,,....jjn.....ti   itjc   viiitcu  .siitics  and  v^anada. 


ALEX.  MILLOY. 

Traffic  Manager. 


JULIEN    CHABOT. 

General  Manager. 


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IMPORTANT    FACTS. 

HE  puhlic  is  respectfully  informed  that  by  taking  the  Rome  Watertnwn  *•  n„  i«    v, 
Rai  road  to  Clayton  (to  which  point  solia  trains  are  r.,nfroinNift^?-«F„n.°«^'®°**?''^ 
BndRe,  Rochester,  Charlotte,  Oswego,  Syracuse  and  Utlca>  frn.n  f£^i  tJ* '^•.^"^,1^^"^'''" 
time,  and  from  ten  to  fifty  miles  in  iistX-n  rnnv  h„  «„;L'',f L^'?"  /^"^  I'ours  in 


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points 


conne^tior^oTthe  R^W^^a ^k.^^^d^TI V^  ^  s^«  "^JZeT^^T  '"^^'^ 
tortable  boat  on  the  St.  Lawrence  River,  for  Round  Island  T^.,in^^ii'  ^?^  *f*®  ™°-^*  <^f  m- 
Bay,  Westminster  Park,  and  all  resorts  among  ^^ThousSd^^^^^^^^ 

now  equipped  with  a  new  and  powerful  electric  search  light  whi^hdi  J,?i  f^'  If  V"'=^  '-^ 
night,  maliug  it  clear  and  brightas  noon-day.    EleX\f  iXt  V^^^^^^^  *"??  darkness  of 

for  every  night  during  the  summer.    Firet-dass  mealV  nrp  f,,..nfe.yiT^  ^'^^  arranged 

of  fiO  cents  each.    Connection  is  afso  n  SpT=f"„'r*  k  "/.•'/"i^'E^edon  the  steamer  at  pfice 


of  fiO  cents  each.  "ConnectroVir;Yso^;;aTe"ar8t"eamboa?doJ^^^  w-h'*"'^.'^*  P?^« 

with  powerful  steamers  of  the  Richelitu  &  Ontario  Nov  Co  (Rov^l  m^?i  V  ^'"c"."*^  transfer, 
Montreal,  Quebec,  the  River  Saguenay  and  Lower  St  Tawrm^a-^^ta?  Lwe  steamei-s)  for 
Islan.ls  and  Rapids  of  the  River  St.  LawrenceX  davii^ht  wif 'Xw"^  ""u***?  Thousand 
that  the  steamboats  running  in  connection  w?th  the  if  W  *  O  R  R  «l«  T^^T^"  }^?.  fa«t 
built  expressly  for,  and  adlpted  to.  the  watera  thev  n«^t.ff«  ."  R.,>?«"^  staunch,  safe  boats, 
remodeled,  nor  boats  brought  fiou^  (WlW  and  smooth  h31^„V*'''''  "'fy  are  not  old  boats 
navigation  on  such  a  large  Body  of  vater  as  llkfonteriolLwp^^^  f?'^  therefore  unfit  for 
By  taking  the  R.,  W.  &  O.  R  R  to  cla^M  thetra^uir  „^i? ,'".1^"'''^°  ,"""1  ''ole'^t  storms, 
onous  tripov-er  Lake  Ontario,  with  its  iSable^'maTde  ml,-^^^^^^^  *"^  ™o"ot- 

Hlso  the  ifabillty  to  delays  and'detentions  when  the  lake  steamerAa^S  nff  f "''''  W9»^^-  «"'! 
trips  and  refuse  to  leave  their  moorings  at  Charlotti  m-  n™I^  1^"'  °^  *'  °?  ^^''^^  regular 
lake  or  tempestuous  weather.  T«lt  trainf of  ttie  R  Tf^h  p*??°"°*  °'  ^l""*"**  "^  the 
dered  by  squalls  or  stormy  Weathei-  Md  Passengers  a?e^iV^^^^^  "Phiu- 

Tbese  trams  are  run  to  Clayton  expres.sly  to  avoid  the  lakPtSXT^h^f  making  connections, 
pleasure-seekers  to  enjoy  aniong  the  Thousand  lICfLsthf^L^&p^  ^'^  enable  courists  and 
the  time  thus  gained,  and  whici  otherwise  would  te^nSm^I^tlfo"  '"''■^''Vt  i"  the  world, 
esting  lake  passage  ^  consumed  in  an  uncertain  and  uninter- 

stoi?LVtteY4irs^i^Tc!t'tr£^^^^^^ 

l?aTeTf1,"pir^'-'"'  ^°^«'"''"^'^^'  -''--•^>-  ''-'^-dttKe^^?^^^^^^^^^^ 

System.    Clayton  at  once  became  the  great  obiSetLinrforaPfl'^Sf^^ 

Lawrence  River,  and  the  perfect  train  service  with  its  ??inmL?,af  i  ^^"^^^l  destined  to  the  St. 


Rocuefacer,  Charlotte, 


I^odJtes  apd  l^ates  for  Smmer  Jours. 

hotets,'a^rde"a-ibe'over^,^^?rbiCta,l!!^^  u.ans   cost  of  tours,  list  of 

the  St.  Lawrence  River,  Saguenay  WwrGulf^f^sT  T^wr»T,^o^l""*VJi'  I'*'","''*'  ""<'  Rapids  of 
White  Mountains,  to  PortfaliTKeZn^^'os  o„,  N^wTor^  aM^ffi  ,f  "in^'^t^i'?'^*''' 
and  Sea-shore  Resorts  in  Canada.  New  York  and  New  ffiand  Tt  ^  n,«  ^=f'f ''^'  ^•"'•''' 
away.  Send  ten  cents  pcstage  to  Ueneral  Passenger  Ape^o«wl;,.>Kv^?  ^^^  book  given 
deciding  upon  your  siumner  trip.   "''""'"  r-aasenger  Agent,  Oswego,  >( .  Y..  for  a  copy  before 

E.  S.  BOWEN,  THEO    BUTTERFIELD. 

GCNL  Pass.  IkatnT,  OSWEGO,  N.  V. 


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